By Anastasios Papapostolou. The latest victim of Greece’s crisis have been students and academia that lost access to electronic journals, a vital source to continue their research and studies. More...
28 juillet 2015
28 juillet 2015
How Ailing Colleges Stay Accredited
By Andrea Fuller and Douglas Belkin. When a Maryland college went to court last week to try to keep its accreditation, it was following a playbook that troubled schools have used for years to stay in business: sue, appeal to prominent politicians and, if all else fails, find another accreditor. More...
28 juillet 2015
Student migration rules 'ludicrous', says Cambridge head
By Sean Coughlan. The head of Cambridge University says it is "ludicrous" to include overseas students in UK migration targets. More...
28 juillet 2015
They are creating a new job market! Chinese university 'sells' top graduates online for £100 each to potential employers
By Jessica Mckay and Edward Chow. The fierce competitiveness of today's job market has driven one university dean to look online.
He Hua, 39, the dean of Kunming University in south west Yunnan, has set up a store on the digital marketplace Taobao where employers can browse and 'buy' the young graduates.
He, the youngest university dean in China, hopes that his bold move will help students get on the career ladder, People's Daily Online reports. More...
28 juillet 2015
Swedish minister gives strongest case yet on why EU should stop turning away asylum seekers
By . While the EU continues to squabble over who should bear the greatest responsibility for asylum seekers arriving in Europe from areas of conflict, Sweden has asked its neighbour countries to regain a bit of perspective. More...
28 juillet 2015
Elite Group of Eight universities outperformed on graduate earnings, says study
By Matthew Knott. The latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey found graduates from the elite Group of Eight universities earn no more on average than those who attended regional universities and less than those attending other universities. The controversial finding has been disputed by the Group of Eight universities, which tend to require higher entrance scores and perform better on international rankings. Read more...
28 juillet 2015
Varsities told to cap PhD guides and check plagiarism
By Basant Kumar Mohanty. Universities may attract penalty, including a freeze of grants, if its teachers are found to be guiding more than eight PhD students at any given point in time as part of a drive to plug lacunae in research.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) will ask all universities to have anti-plagiarism software to ensure that the thesis papers reflect genuine research. More...
28 juillet 2015
Fraud frenzy? Chinese seek U.S. college admission at any price
By . Jessica Zhang, a 21-year-old Chinese student from Jiangsu Province, says her English wasn't strong enough to fill in her U.S. college admission form.
So her parents paid three consultants $4,500 to fill out the application, write her personal essay and compose teacher recommendation letters. More...
28 juillet 2015
Universities adopting 'flipped classroom' learning
By Calvin Yang. Introducing free online courses, converting facilities to suit "flipped classroom" learning, and exploring new pedagogies that leverage on mobile technology.
These are some of the initiatives that Singapore universities are working on, as institutions around the world find new ways to accommodate students' changing learning habits. More...
28 juillet 2015
Universities barred from offering extra benefits to prospects
By Zhao Xinying. Universities are not allowed to luring students with unreasonable perks such as excessive scholarships or placement promises, the Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday in a notice regulating university recruitment. Universities should not attract students with improper benefits, including preadmission contracts, large scholarships or promises that they can choose different majors after enrollment, the ministry said. More...
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