By Hilary Landorf. Florida International University, or FIU, has been recognised for innovation in preparing its students for living and working in an increasingly diverse world. Read more...
7 mars 2016
7 mars 2016
Making US-Cuba academic cooperation a reality
By Clare Banks. Later this month US President Barack Obama will visit Cuba as yet another step forward in the historic warming of United States diplomatic relations with the country. Read more...
7 mars 2016
Des armes sur les campus américains, on y est!
Blog Educpros de Stéphan Bourcieu. Il y a quelques années sur ce même blog, j’évoquais la question des armes sur les campus américains. L’État du Texas projetait alors de promulguer une loi légalisant le port d’armes de poing sur les campus universitaires. Il rejoignait en cela les États de l’Utah, du Colorado, du Mississippi, de l’Oregon et du Wisconsin.
Un nouveau pas a été franchi cette semaine avec l’obligation faite aux universités texanes de respecter cette loi. L’Université du Texas, à Austin (plus de 50.000 étudiants), a été contrainte de supprimer l’interdiction du port d’armes de son règlement intérieur, au grand désespoir de son président, Gregory Fenves. Suite de l'article...
5 mars 2016
Universität Missouri: Medien-Professorin nach Ausraster gegen Kameramann gefeuert
Von Armin Himmelrath. Die US-Professorin Melissa Click ist Expertin für Medien. Doch sie selbst zeigte sich einem Reporter gegenüber wenig professionell: Mit Gewalt wollte sie ihn vom Campus schmeißen lassen. Nun wurde sie gefeuert. Mehr...
5 mars 2016
Texas: Uni erlaubt Waffen im Hörsaal
Bisher galt der Campus der University of Texas in Austin als waffenfreie Zone. Das ändert sich jetzt. Die Universität im US-Bundesstaat Texas verkündete am Mittwoch offiziell die Erlaubnis, Schusswaffen mit in die Hörsäle zu bringen - gegen die Überzeugung ihres eigenen Präsidenten. Mehr...
5 mars 2016
A New Logo for Canadian Higher Education
By . Last week, the government of Canada announced to great fanfare (Hip Hip Hooray! Caloo Callay!) that Canada has a new international education brand. They actually meant “logo” not “brand”, but whatever – long past due because the old logo was terrible. More...
4 mars 2016
Massasoit Community College implements threat protection
By Laura Devaney. SaaS security intelligence service provider EiQ Networks is working with Massasoit Community College on security monitoring and proactive threat protection. The school selected EiQ’s SOCVue hybrid SaaS security service. More...
4 mars 2016
Pearson, mLevel partner to increase student engagement
Pearson has formed a partnership in the Business Higher Education sector with mLevel, which develops programs that enhance learning through interactive, game-based experiences, to increase student engagement in business education courses. More...
4 mars 2016
LabArchives releases accessibility-compliant electronic laboratory notebook
LabArchives, which offers an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), announced compliance with major accessibility standards. LabArchives products are in use by more than than 100,000 scientists and science students users to store, organize, share, and publish their laboratory data. More...
4 mars 2016
Kentucky sees big jump in workforce training certificates
By Linda Blackford. The Kentucky Completion report shows a 159 percent increase in undergraduate workforce certificates awarded between 2003 and 2013, an increase of 12,000 certificates, the report found. More...
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