Students ‘don’t trust lecturers who aren’t native speakers’
Academic warns universities need to take impact of accent on credibility seriously as it has ‘demotivated’ overseas lecturers
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Calls for Tougher Oversight of For-Profit Law School
Legal education observers say accreditation issues at Florida Coastal School of Law -- whose graduates have struggled to pay off loans -- should lead to tougher look at its parent company, InfiLaw.
University of Southampton to cut up to 75 academic jobs
University and College Union warns Russell Group institution will struggle to raise teaching quality while cutting jobs
Is computer science a foreign language? Ga. says yes
After the bell rings at Lanier High School in Buford, Georgia, Michael Reilly asks to see his students’ faces, because most are hidden behind computer screens.
Cheating without intent?
Ohio State isn’t the first college where students are accused of cheating via GroupMe. But could the messaging application trap innocent students because of others’ misdeeds?
Education quality, not name, defines a college
A new wave of "academic" game to change names has been sweeping across China, as about 40 colleges in 13 provinces and municipalities have applied to change their official names.
Days of Reckoning
Recent closures make it more likely a trend of private college consolidation has started. Institutions feeling particular pressure are small colleges, those in the Midwest and Roman Catholic institutions located away from Catholic population centers.
Framingham State to open food pantry for students
Framingham State University will open a free food pantry after a survey showed that some students struggle to afford food, are skipping meals or suffering in class because of hunger.
Overseas student enrolment in US ‘falls by 7 per cent’ post-Trump
The number of new international students enrolling in US universities has declined by 7 per cent in the past year, according to a snapshot study by the Institute of International Education (IIE).
US free speech tracker aims to ‘calm things down’
Scores of masked individuals deliberately setting fires and throwing fireworks in the grounds of the University of California, Berkeley in protest against a planned speech by far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos.
