As flow of foreign students wanes, U.S. universities feel the sting
At Wright State University in Ohio, the French horn and tuba professors are out. So is the accomplished swimming team.
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Elsevier maintains German access despite failure to strike deal
The publishing giant Elsevier has said that it will maintain German universities’ access to its journals, despite failing to negotiate a new deal before many institutions’ contracts expired on 1 January.
China: Education to further integrate with industrial development
Closer links between businesses and learning institutions will pave the way for greater progress
Colleges stand ground on sexual assault
New interim federal guidelines from the Trump administration won't affect how Berkshire County colleges handle sexual misconduct — at least not in the near future
Schools ‘over-predict grades to get students unconditional offer’
UK universities’ growing willingness to make unconditional offers to students is leading schools to increasingly over-predict the grades that their pupils are likely to achieve, an academic leader has warned.
China’s ‘long arm’
Scholars and political leaders describe increasing concerns about Chinese government influence over teaching and research in the U.S. and Australia.
Taiwan dentist must repay mother for training fees
Taiwan's top court has ordered a man to pay his mother almost $1m (£710,000) for raising him and funding his dentistry training.
UNH uses interactive software to match students to job openings
The University of New Haven is the first college in the country to implement interactive software that instantly matches students looking for job openings with the employers looking to fill them
Eluding the Endowment Tax
Despite unknowns, colleges and universities are looking at investment and spending strategies to dodge a new tax on net investment earnings.
Women ‘more likely to be pressured to add authors’ to papers
Female academics are much more likely to feel obliged to award authorship credit to other researchers even if they did not make a significant contribution to the paper, a new study reveals.
