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Kushner vs. Christie: The nasty Trump transition fight that goes back a decade
The first time Chris Christie squared off with a Kushner, the scene was a federal court and the outcome -- along with all the tabloid drama -- helped vault the future governor of New Jersey into the Republican elite.
Canada makes permanent residency easier for overseas students
The Canadian government has announced changes to its immigration system that it estimates will increase the numbers of international students invited to apply for permanent residency by a third.
Pakistan expels Turkish teachers at ‘Gulen-linked’ schools
Pakistan has ordered more than 100 Turkish teachers at a chain of international schools to leave the country, with their families, by the end of the week.
Rancorous November
Stanford students walk out of classes; Tulsa CC student implicated in racist emails to Penn students; blackface controversy at Abilene Christian; and more.
Campuses confront hostile acts against minorities
The fliers depicting men in camouflage, wielding guns and an American flag, appeared in men’s restrooms throughout Texas State University: “Now that our man Trump is elected,” they said. “Time to organize tar and feather vigilante squads and go arrest and torture those deviant university leaders spouting off that diversity garbage.”
Facebook’s fake news crisis deepens
Despite the best efforts of Mark Zuckerberg to downplay Facebook’s role in the election of Donald Trump, the scrutiny of how fake news is spread on the platform has intensified.
‘Knife fight’ as Trump builds an unconventional national security cabinet
Donald Trump's transition is being marked by sharp internal disagreements over key cabinet appointments and direction ...
Print This ‘The Faculty Factor’
Book argues that faculty’s diminishing influence puts higher education at risk. Suggested interventions include changing tenure to save it -- namely by ending it for professors at 70 years of age.
University of Oxford launches its first Mooc
The University of Oxford has made its first foray into the massive open online course (Mooc) world, after announcing a new partnership with US online learning platform edX.
