Anglicising foreign students’ names ‘could reduce bias’
Should students and academics consider changing their name when they study and work in countries with a different language from their homeland?
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Fla. Senate looks to revamp state college system
Florida state colleges would be placed under a separate 13-member governing board and face new restrictions on offering baccalaureate degrees under a Senate bill filed late last week.
Your data or your money
Hackers are locking colleges’ data away and demanding payment to return it.
Ball State complains about government regulations
Ball State University presented the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee with a list of more than 100 government regulations it must comply with at an estimated cost of 11 percent of the school's operating budget.
China fortifies Great Firewall with crackdown on VPNs
China is making it harder to get around its Great Firewall
Dutch PM Rutte: ‘If you don’t like it here, then leave’
Weeks before Dutch voters go to the polls, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that anyone who rejects the country's values should leave.
Beginning of a Movement
Tens of thousands of students and academics join Women’s March on Washington.
CFPB sues student loan company Navient
Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing the nation’s largest servicer of both federal and private student loans for systematically and illegally failing borrowers at every stage of repayment.
MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx
An internal study of the massive open online courses (MOOCs) offered by Harvard and MIT shows a serious decline in the number of students choosing to enroll and certify via these internet-accessible classrooms.
‘It’s made in Vietnam!’ At inauguration, origin of red Trump hats shocks many
One of the biggest cheers President Donald Trump received from supporters watching his inaugural address on Friday was his call to "buy American and hire American."
