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16 mars 2018

New push to drop drug offences as barrier to student aid

If Republicans and Democrats can agree on one priority for re-authorising the law governing higher education, it’s cutting down the lengthy application for federal student aid. Student advocacy groups hope that a student aid simplification push will include eliminating a question about drug convictions while receiving federal aid – and a corresponding section of federal law denying aid to students with such convictions, writes Andrew Kreighbaum for Inside Higher Ed. More...

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16 mars 2018

Alarm over ‘dumbing down’ of new universities criteria

Universities have expressed alarm that their reputation could be damaged due to the ‘dumbing down’ of criteria required for institutes of technology to secure new technological university status, although officials in the Higher Education Authority have disputed claims criteria have been watered down, writes Carl O’Brien for The Irish Times. More...

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16 mars 2018

Universities ignoring a rich resource – Their alumni

Universities across Africa are sitting on – and ignoring – a potential gold mine: their graduates. Research from the Global North, where tracking and keeping in touch with alumni is common practice for universities, shows that this reaps huge benefits, writes Peter Ngure for The Conversation. More...

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16 mars 2018

Why corruption is flourishing in universities

Cases are not uncommon in Ukraine where courts take the side of rectors, deans and professors who were not just involved in scandals and fights with government officials but were caught red-handed in blatant corruption acts, reports UNIAN. More...

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16 mars 2018

How universities make cities great

When thinking about how to revive economically lagging regions, especially in the Rust Belt, universities have an important role. Big, high-quality research universities have been essential for creating technology clusters in Austin, Raleigh and San Diego. But even small colleges in rural areas can have big benefits for the surrounding area, writes Noah Smith for Bloomberg. More...

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16 mars 2018

Educationist criticises ‘craze’ for university degrees

A top educationist in the country has criticised the conversion of technical institutions into universities. Professor George Magoha, the chairman of the Kenya National Examinations Council, recently said Kenya could end up with an insufficient number of technicians necessary to support key sectors of the economy, writes Justus Ochieng’ for Daily Nation. More...

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16 mars 2018

Islamic university bans burqas on campus

By Maina Waruru. An Indonesian state Islamic university faced criticism from Muslim groups and activists last week after it banned female students from wearing full-face veils citing fears over the spread of radical ideology on the campus, reports Reuters. More...

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16 mars 2018

Coursera joins expansionists with six new online degrees

Online learning provider Coursera, which works with university partners around the world, is launching six new fully online degree courses. The news comes just weeks after FutureLearn, another provider of global online degrees, announced an expansion of its full degree offerings, writes Patrick Atack for The PIE News. More...

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16 mars 2018

City in big data partnership with AWS and universities

The Taipei City Government last Tuesday announced a two-year collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and seven universities to increase the number of databases available for big data research by academics and to nurture the development of big data professionals, writes Lee I-chia for the Taipei Times. More...

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16 mars 2018

Government to build technology hubs in universities

The federal government has revealed its plan to build technology hubs in Nigerian universities across the nation’s six geopolitical zones as a means of promoting science and technology development in the country, writes Fikayo Olowolagba for the Daily Post. More...

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