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25 janvier 2018

De la diplomatie en 140 caractères : Trump, un an après

Wilson, FD Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan : tous ces présidents américains ont conduit la politique étrangère de leur pays en revendiquant son leadership sur le monde ou - tout du moins - sur le camp occidental. À différentes époques - à l’occasion des deux guerres mondiales, de la guerre froide, et également après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001 -, la politique étrangère américaine s’est construite en fusion de la vision de ces dirigeants et d’un écosystème d’institutions sans équivalent (département d’État, assemblées parlementaires, think tanks, universités…). Tout semble avoir changé, brutalement, depuis l’élection et l’investiture de Donald Trump, il y a un an. Plus...

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23 janvier 2018

No arrests in Makerere fraud case as 69 degrees recalled

By Christabel Ligami. Ugandan police have made no arrests among the 88 suspects – some of them alleged to be politicians and business people – implicated in the altering or forging of marks at Makerere University, months after university officials reported the offences. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Challenges of promoting social change via fellowships

By María Elena Hurtado. The Ford Foundation’s postgraduate fellows from Brazil, Guatemala and México stand out from their Asian, African and Middle Eastern counterparts for the indelible mark left on them by slavery, exploitation of indigenous people and the United States’ interference in Latin American affairs. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Graduate students protest Republican tax plan

Graduate students at more than 40 universities across the United States staged rallies and walk-outs against the Republican tax plan last week, urging lawmakers not to include in the final bill a provision that would turn their tuition waivers into taxable income, writes Katie Reilly for Time. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Country deports 30 for selling drugs in universities

Kenya has deported 30 people involved in drug trafficking within universities, following investigations launched in April into drug cartels, writes Nancy Agutu for The Star. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Should academic honours have clawbacks?

Last month, Arizona State University and the University of Kansas rescinded honours bestowed upon the television newsman Charlie Rose, following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. The two universities, once eager to embrace Rose – a broadcasting figure seen to embody class and intellect – were now equally quick to distance themselves from him. Almost overnight, Rose went from role model to pariah, writes Ted Gup for The Chronicle of Higher Education. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Republicans plot sweeping changes in higher education

By Adam Harris, The Chronicle of Higher Education. After a flurry of movement last week on the reauthorisation of the federal law governing higher education, which is overdue for an update, the US House of Representatives last Friday introduced its bill to overhaul the Higher Education Act of 1965. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Justice Department threatens to sue Harvard University

The United States Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to force it to turn over documents as it investigates whether the Ivy League university’s admission policies violate civil rights laws, reports Reuters. More...

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22 janvier 2018

Reducing violence in El Salvador: What it will take

Violence holds El Salvador’s economic and social development potential hostage. Violence and inequalities often reinforce each other in Latin America: countries with higher levels of inequality tend to have higher rates of intentional homicides. More...