By Elizabeth Redden. A review of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s collaborations with Saudi Arabia recommends continuing the university’s relationships with individuals and entities in the kingdom despite concerns about the government’s record of human rights abuses and its role in the war in Yemen that has put millions of people at risk of starvation. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. Scholars say their field is coming under increasing pressures from forces outside the academy who want to delegitimize it. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. Central European University says the Hungarian government has forced it to move its main campus from Budapest to Vienna. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. The University of Michigan will close its Confucius Institute next year when the current agreement governing the institute expires. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. An investigation by the Canadian Association of University Teachers found that McGill University failed to protect the academic freedom of an institute director who resigned in 2017 following the publication of a controversial op-ed. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. The University of Dayton is ending academic programs at its China Institute after investing more than $14 million in the endeavor over six years, the Dayton Daily News reported. The university is “exploring a range of options” for the 68,000-square-foot facility located in the Suzhou Industrial Park. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. It will likely be easier for advanced degree holders from U.S. universities to get H-1B skilled worker visas under a rule change proposed by the Trump administration. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a proposed rule today that the agency projects will result in a 16 percent increase in the number of H-1B visa recipients who have a master’s degree or higher from a U.S. institution. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. Central European University announced today that it has been forced out of Hungary and will move its U.S.-accredited academic programs from Budapest to Vienna in September 2019. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration is considering new measures to vet Chinese prospective students due to continuing concerns over espionage, Reuters reported. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. Pitzer professors seek to suspend the college's program at University of Haifa as study abroad becomes target for supporters of Israel boycott. More...