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12 mai 2013

SAT Scandal Shines Harsh Light on South Korean Academics

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By Jeyup S. Kwaak. The recent cancellation of U.S. college entrance exams in South Korea—the first time SAT tests have been called off nationwide anywhere in the world for suspected cheating—is throwing the spotlight back on the country's hyper-competitive academic environment. The U.S.-based administrator of the SAT, the most widely used standardized evaluation tool for high-school students applying to American universities, scrapped the May 4 sessions in South Korea three days before the test date after it discovered questions from the tests circulating in test-prep centers in the country.
The cancellation has thrown college-entrance preparations for thousands of students into disarray. Some students now plan to travel to other countries in the region to ensure they are able to take the next test in the summer. At least 10 staff members of test centers have been barred from leaving the country as part of an investigation by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education has launched a separate inquiry. Read more...

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12 mai 2013

MIT in Moscow Creates Sputnik Moments for $300 Million

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By Oliver Staley. During the Cold War, scientists working at the laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology produced ideas and inventions, such as distant early- warning radar and satellite-tracking systems, designed to help the U.S. prevail over the Soviet Union. Today, MIT is working with the Russians rather than against them. Just 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Kremlin, rising from a field once used for agricultural experiments, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology will have a curriculum designed by MIT and financial backing from the Russian government, Bloomberg Markets will report in its June issue. Read more...

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12 mai 2013

Colleges In U.S. Offer Highest-Ever Discount to Entice Students

By Janet Lorin. Private nonprofit colleges are offering students tuition discounts of 45 percent, on average, in response to a changing financial environment that stems from the weak economic recovery. Price reductions, designed to boost attendance, were at an all-time high in 2012 and outpaced the rate during the recession, according to a study of 383 private-nonprofit four-year schools, released today by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Some colleges are struggling with enrollment declines even after offering a reduction and enduring price sensitivity is driving the drop, according to chief business officers at institutions that have been affected. Attending some private colleges can run more than $60,000 annually, including room and board, books and other costs. Read more...

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12 mai 2013

Microsoft connects Tanzania Universities with wireless broadband

Microsoft announced a TV white spaces pilot project in Tanzania to provide affordable wireless broadband access to university students and faculty.
The IT giant has tied up with the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) and UhuruOne to provide affordable broadband access to university students and faculty in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
UhuruOne, a local Internet service provider, will offer Windows 8 device and service packages to universities in Dar es Salaam.
The project, a part of the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, will increase digital literacy, teach technical skills, advance e-learning. The pilot’s initial deployment in Dar es Salaam will target the University of Dar es Salaam, among others. Read more...

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12 mai 2013

Loan policy forcing some off black campuses

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By Renee Schoof. A change in federal education loan policies has left many students at some of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities struggling to fill a gap in their financial aid and forcing hundreds to leave school.
A more rigorous system of credit checks has denied certain loans to parents to help with their children’s undergraduate expenses. The loans are available to all students at all schools. But the changes have had a particularly severe impact on thousands of students at historically black colleges, advocates for those schools say. Read more...

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12 mai 2013

Call to give students more of a say in running of universities

By Andrew Denholm. ACADEMICS and students should have more say over how much university principals get paid, according to the chairman of an influential report on the sector.
Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, the principal of Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University, also called for staff and learners to have greater influence over the running of higher education institutions.
The call came as the Scottish Parliament's education committee took evidence on a new draft code of conduct for universities.
The code, drawn up by a experts chaired by Lord Smith of Kelvin, followed an earlier review of higher education governance chaired by Mr von Prondzynski. Read more...

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12 mai 2013

Uni campaign turns to public

By Sarah-Jane Collins, Daniel Hurst. The University of Sydney has amassed more than $300 million in philanthropic donations since quietly embarking on a $600 million fund-raising campaign in 2008.
The university announced the result at a dinner to mark the going-public phase of its campaign on Saturday night. One donor, entrepreneur Sean Howard, pledged $10 million for the university's Save Sight Institute. His gift was one of three major donations that will net the university $16 million. In recent years Australian universities have increasingly turned to philanthropy to expand their funding base, with Sydney University among the most successful. In 2008 the university received more than $58 million in philanthropic donations, and that figure has continued to rise, with more than 10,000 donors contributing more than $80 million in 2012. Read more...

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12 mai 2013

Uni cuts force students to skip class, meals

By Bella Counihan and Sunanda Creagh. The Australian government’s recent proposed cuts to university funding and student loans will cost universities A$1 billion a year by 2017 and make it harder for people to balance study and work, the chief of the peak body for Australian universities said today.
Professor Sandra Harding, Vice-Chancellor of James Cook University and chair of Universities Australia, told the National Press Club today that a new study funded by Universities Australia showed over 80% of full time university students must find a job while studying. Read more...

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12 mai 2013

Coursera Tests New Textbook Partnerships

By Ellis Booker. Coursera teams with publishers to offer some free textbook content to students enrolled in online classes.
Massive open online course (MOOC) company Coursera today announced a pilot program with several education publishers, who will make some of their e-textbook content free to students while they take an online Coursera class.
The pilot marks the first time Coursera has worked with publishers this way. Up until now, Coursera has avoided requiring students to pay for textbooks, in line with its goal of making its classes free to a mass audience. Read more...

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12 mai 2013

Hollande’s higher education reforms face test

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François Hollande’s embattled administration faces a major test this month as it attempts to push sweeping changes to higher education through the French parliament, writes Jack Grove for Times Higher Education. With the Socialist government rocked by financial scandal and its leader’s approval ratings at a record low of 29%, opposition from university leaders to key parts of the draft bill on higher education, which was published on 20 March, will not have been welcomed. Full report on the Times Higher Education site. Read more...

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