Chinese agents predict recruitment bounceback after coronavirus
Recruitment agents say most students will defer enrolment rather than cancel overseas study plans altogether
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Humanities scholars warn over UKRI’s plan for open-access books
Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances
India Opens the Door Wide for Online Learning
The Indian government is opening up the market for fully online degrees, and U.S. companies are poised to be players.
Engaging students in an age of distraction
Encourage your students to use their phones to lock into—rather than tune out—class
Harvard prof calls Trump a ‘neo-fascist gangster’
Harvard professor Cornel West recently called Trump a "neo-fascist gangster" during a Sanders campaign rally.
Conservative group threatens to sue university over this 2019 incident
Alliance Defending Freedom is threatening to sue the University of Wisconsin-River Falls over an incident that took place in 2019.
Public Universities, Prison-Made Furniture
Public universities in several states are obligated to buy furniture and other products made in state prisons, which some students call exploitative.
Judge overturns Silent Sam settlement between UNC and Confederate group
A judge on Wednesday voided the settlement that requires UNC Chapel Hill to pay $2.5 million and give the Silent Sam Confederate monument to the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Race on to create online courses for virus-stranded students
Institutional, pedagogical and workload issues more problematic than technological impediments, experts say
Harvard, Yale under federal investigation for shady foreign gifts
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Harvard and Yale after the Ivy League institutions failed to report millions in foreign gifts.
