England’s higher education system ‘in tatters’
England’s higher education system is “in tatters”, according to a leading think-tank, with some qualifications “on the verge of total collapse”....
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US fears decline in international students after Trump election
Academics suggest that Australia and Canada may be among countries to gain market share in overseas students
Why more Calif. community colleges offer free tuition
After President Obama announced a goal last year to make community college free for all Americans, no state has moved as aggressively as California.
University of Oxford launches its first Mooc
The University of Oxford has made its first foray into the massive open online course (Mooc) world, after announcing a new partnership with US online learning platform edX.
Print This ‘The Faculty Factor’
Book argues that faculty’s diminishing influence puts higher education at risk. Suggested interventions include changing tenure to save it -- namely by ending it for professors at 70 years of age.
Campuses confront hostile acts against minorities
The fliers depicting men in camouflage, wielding guns and an American flag, appeared in men’s restrooms throughout Texas State University: “Now that our man Trump is elected,” they said. “Time to organize tar and feather vigilante squads and go arrest and torture those deviant university leaders spouting off that diversity garbage.”
Rancorous November
Stanford students walk out of classes; Tulsa CC student implicated in racist emails to Penn students; blackface controversy at Abilene Christian; and more.
Pakistan expels Turkish teachers at ‘Gulen-linked’ schools
Pakistan has ordered more than 100 Turkish teachers at a chain of international schools to leave the country, with their families, by the end of the week.
Canada makes permanent residency easier for overseas students
The Canadian government has announced changes to its immigration system that it estimates will increase the numbers of international students invited to apply for permanent residency by a third.
How to train 1,000 dual-enrollment teachers? Minn. State has a plan
Stakeholders are finalizing a plan for getting more than 1,000 teachers the graduate credits necessary to continue leading college-level courses for Minnesota high school students in 2022 and beyond.
