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Stand Up and Be Counted
The Maryland Higher Education Commission is cracking down on institutions that provide distance education to students in the state. But the commission has a problem: It doesn’t know who those distance education providers are.
Birmingham probes Muslim takeover of schools ‘plot’
Birmingham launched a probe Monday into an alleged hardline Muslim plot to take control of schools.
English Australia offers MOOEC teacher training
Australia’s peak body for English language colleges, English Australia, has created a series of professional development courses focussed on online learning...
Proactive on Prior Learning
Florida’s public institutions are anxiously watching this spring’s legislative session ...
Hunger grows among college students
When Paul Vaughn, an economics major, was in his third year at George Mason University, he decided to save money by moving off campus.
Trigger Unhappy
Trigger warnings, which are common in blogs but also have begun to appear on college and university syllabuses...
Key findings of global study on internationalisation
A survey of more than 1,300 institutions worldwide by the International Association of Universities has identified the biggest institutional risk of internationalisation ...
Higher education needs creative thinking, idea sharing
With higher education "the object of high hopes, the site of rapid change and the focus of intense scrutiny", it was imperative to think creatively and share ideas about how to tackle the evolving issues faced today ...
US: 2015 cap on ‘highly skilled’ visas reached in 5 days
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received sufficient petitions for the ‘highly-skilled’ H-1B visa – a key route to post work study for international postgraduates – to reach its limit for the upcoming year within five days, sparking calls from international educators for immigration reform.
