Grand Canyon University shifts to nonprofit status
Grand Canyon University officials say the school has returned to nonprofit status.
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Stressed postgraduates suffer sleep and eating problems
Many students are struggling with stress-related health problems after switch to postgraduate programmes, research suggests
Chinese woman denied teaching certificate because of height
A Chinese woman has been told that she is unable to graduate as a teacher - because she is too short.
Voice Mail From a ‘Concerned American’
Professor with Asian name shares voice mail she received -- full of inaccuracies and bigotry -- as one story of the impact of anti-Chinese and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
SCF’s Weekend College offers flexibility for students
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) has created Weekend College to help working or busy adults who want a college degree.
Chinese students in UK ‘more distressed’ than peers back home
Major study may reflect how the most stressful part of higher education in China is actually the entrance exam
Universities ‘must read applicants’ work to defeat impact factor’
Nobel laureates call for early career researchers to be freed from ‘publish or perish’ mentality
Elevating college completion
Only about half of students who begin college actually complete their degree, which makes it increasingly difficult and expensive to brush the college completion problem under the rug.
A race against time to preserve University media collections
Irreplaceable audio and video recordings from the 20th century are languishing in university collections, deteriorating. Can they be saved?
Chinese language teachers in British universities look for further development
As the popularity of the Chinese language grows, there is urgent need to improve the quality of Chinese teaching as a foreign language in the UK higher education sector, participants at an international conference agreed Wednesday.
