China closes scores of Sino-foreign joint programmes
Ministry of Education says concerns were raised over ‘poor teaching standards’ of some joint initiatives
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Dartmouth's competitive business school announces new criteria for admission.
Branded cheats and threatened with deportation, these students are fighting back
Four years ago, thousands of foreigners living in the UK, many of them students, began receiving letters ordering them to leave the country or face deportation.
Is college the key to success? Many in Wichita say no
Geoffrey Canada stood before a room full of community leaders at a Kansas Health Foundation symposium recently and shared his personal rule of thumb.
Talks collapse as Germany rejects ‘unacceptable’ Elsevier offer
Publisher says it remains 'committed' to striking a deal, but question mark hangs over institutions' continuing access
More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit
While the proportion of U.S. high school graduates enrolling in college has been rising, so has the proportion who are leaving without receiving a degree.
Princeton and Stanford Drop SAT/ACT Writing Test
Princeton will now require applicants to submit a graded writing sample. Only 23 colleges now require the test.
New UK visa scheme announced for skilled foreign researchers
Initiative will allow UKRI to sponsor researchers from outside the EU, but key questions unanswered
Design-focused university-the best thing since French fries (which are also Belgian)
Howest is a university of applied sciences with four campuses in Flanders (Kortrijk and Bruges), the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium.
Preparation Is the Secret Sauce for Writing a Great Senior Thesis
Senior theses are widely used to let students demonstrate what they've learned in undergrad, but the factors that lead to a high-quality product are not what you might expect, researchers say.
