Investors follow as Chinese students flock to Thai universities
Chinese students are crucial to Thailand’s international education ambitions, but quality concerns pose a risk Read more
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USC founder’s controversial statue taken away for maintenance a year ago. It’s still gone.
After a 14-month absence for maintenance, the University of Southern California still has not returned the statue of its founding president Judge Robert Maclay Widney. Read more
Tech Giants Partner With Cal State System to Advance ‘Equitable’ AI Training
Aiming to grow the state’s AI-ready workforce, CSU announced an ambitious plan Tuesday to make it happen through a public-private partnership with Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and other big-name companies. Read more
Reports: Trump now ready to dismantle Department of Education
Multiple reports warned that President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order to impose severe cutbacks on the U.S. Department of Education and eventually shut the agency down. Read more
Universities ‘do little to help PhDs who want to leave academia’
More than half of PhD graduates find jobs outside universities after graduating but students complain programmes are still only set up to help create new professors Read more
DEI courses consume 40 million hours of undergrad time: report
“Diversity, equity, and inclusion” course requirements in at least 30 states cost students and taxpayers at least $1.8 billion per four-year period. Read more
New Title IX protections are wiped out by Trump administration
Educational institutions will now revert to the Title IX regulations first issued during President Donald Trump’s first presidency, the U.S. Department of Education wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter on Friday. Read more
Trump Planning EO Directing Education Department to ‘Diminish Itself,’ Reports Say
News reports about the potential executive order come after the Trump administration suspended dozens of department staff. Read more
‘Act of intimidation’: Education Dept. suspends officials following Trump’s DEI order
The union for federal employees said at least 60 staffers were affected by a decision to suspend Education Department officials. Read more
Florida State U. to remove general education designation from hundreds of CRT-infused courses
Florida State University is removing hundreds of courses from its general education catalogue to comply with a state law that cracks down on critical race theory curricula. Read more
