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18 juin 2018

Gates Offers Free Download of 'Factfulness' to All Graduates

HomeBy Emma Whitford. Any student who was awarded an associate’s, bachelor’s or postgraduate degree from a U.S. college or university this spring is eligible for the free download on Gates’s blog, Gates Notes, after creating a Gates Notes account and providing the name of their college or university. More...

18 juin 2018

Title IX Complaints Spiked Over 2 Decades

HomeBy Emma Whitford. Complaints under the federal law barring gender discrimination in education increased at least fivefold from 1994 to 2014, and shifted in nature during that time from focusing predominantly on academics to encompassing athletics and sexual harassment in almost equal measure, too, a new study finds. More...

18 juin 2018

No Pakistani Scholars Allowed

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The Indian government is barring Pakistani scholars from participating in a conference in New Delhi co-sponsored by an American academic association. More...

18 juin 2018

Oxford Mocked for Email

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The University of Oxford is being mocked for an email in which administrators suggested that the "highly developed social conscience" of students draws homeless people to the city of Oxford, the BBC reported. More...

18 juin 2018

Chinese Students: Security Threat or Stereotype Threat?

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. As Senate subcommittee takes on issue of international students and national security, some raise concerns about generalizations that would paint Chinese students and scholars broadly as spies. More...

18 juin 2018

Recruiting Without a Plan

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Nearly a third (32 percent) of respondents to a survey on international enrollment management reported that their institutions spend less than $10,000 per year on international recruitment travel. More...

18 juin 2018

A Shifting Policy Landscape

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Policy experts speak about the myriad regulatory and subregulatory changes that are in ways potentially big and small changing the landscape for international students and scholars in the U.S. More...

18 juin 2018

Intensive English Enrollments in U.S. Drop 20%

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. International student enrollments in intensive English programs in the U.S. declined by 20 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to new data from the Institute of International Education released Wednesday at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference. More...

18 juin 2018

Groups Raise Concerns on Chinese Student Visa Limits

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Major higher education groups issued statements Wednesday expressing concern about the Trump administration's reported plans to limit the length of visas for certain Chinese citizens starting June 11. More...

18 juin 2018

U.S. to Limit Visa Length for Some Chinese Students

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration plans to limit the duration of some visas issued to Chinese citizens in response to concerns about intellectual property theft, the Associated Press reported. More...

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