Chinese agents predict recruitment bounceback after coronavirus
Recruitment agents say most students will defer enrolment rather than cancel overseas study plans altogether
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Humanities scholars warn over UKRI’s plan for open-access books
Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances
India Opens the Door Wide for Online Learning
The Indian government is opening up the market for fully online degrees, and U.S. companies are poised to be players.
Harvard Law silent on why Scalia professorship remains unfilled years later
Two and a half years. That is how long the Antonin Scalia Professorship of Law has gone unfilled at Harvard Law School, even as the administration announced this month that the first batch of the late Supreme Court justice’s papers were available to the public.
Engaging students in an age of distraction
Encourage your students to use their phones to lock into—rather than tune out—class
Jeff Bezos: World’s richest man pledges $10bn to fight climate change
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change.
Harvard prof calls Trump a ‘neo-fascist gangster’
Harvard professor Cornel West recently called Trump a "neo-fascist gangster" during a Sanders campaign rally.
Conservative group threatens to sue university over this 2019 incident
Alliance Defending Freedom is threatening to sue the University of Wisconsin-River Falls over an incident that took place in 2019.
Public Universities, Prison-Made Furniture
Public universities in several states are obligated to buy furniture and other products made in state prisons, which some students call exploitative.
Judge overturns Silent Sam settlement between UNC and Confederate group
A judge on Wednesday voided the settlement that requires UNC Chapel Hill to pay $2.5 million and give the Silent Sam Confederate monument to the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
