Fear of Accented English
Students outside the U.S. doubt reliability of instruction in English that is not from native speakers, study finds.
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UK research grant success rates rise for first time in five years
The success rate for grant proposals at UK research councils has increased for the first time in five years, ending a steady downward trend that saw high numbers of applications rejected.
St. Gregory’s University: Area colleges offer hand to displaced SGU students
In the coming weeks, St. Gregory’s University (SGU) students will be scrambling to get back on track after receiving news Wednesday that the school is suspending operations after the fall semester ends.
Talks underway on college student fraud-protection rules
Education Department officials opened formal negotiations on Monday to rewrite federal rules meant to protect students from fraud by colleges and universities.
An all-online Calif. community college may be coming
A proposal that advocates hope will use online courses to help the job prospects of about 2 million working class Californians got its first hearing in Sacramento on Monday.
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
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?
