India, US to host higher education summit in Washington
India and United States plan to host a Higher Education Summit in Washington on October 13 to highlight and emphasize the many avenues through which the higher education…
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A third of English universities to charge £9,000
According to the AFP, more than a third of universities in England have been granted permission to charge the maximum £9,000 a year for each of their courses,…
Govt to launch universities revamp
Ministers will on Tuesday set out their plans for a radical shake-up of the English university system the government says is aimed at increasing competition and giving consumer…
India, Canada to deepen educational ties
The first-ever Education Summit between India and Canada ended at Carleton University here with the two sides committing themselves to deepening ties in research and higher education, reports…
Partnership to further global quest by N.Y.U.
New York University, well on its way to becoming the first truly global university, is starting a new partnership with the University of the People, a unusual nonprofit…
‘The end of internationalization?’
Is the internationalization of higher education suffering from a midlife crisis? Jane Knight, a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto,…
Academic shock: Thoughts on teaching international students
It can be a little unsettling for staff faced with a room of international students and--given the cuts to teaching budgets--probably even less time to devote to them,…
Chaos at home stalls tuition aid for Libyan students in U.S.
Loqman Mohamed, a 28-year-old Libyan student from Benghazi, has been spending his nights scouring the web for the latest on the war ripping apart his homeland, reports the…
Diplomas, and an uncertain future, for Japanese pupils
Schools here begin class in April and hold graduation ceremonies in March; like spring, they represent renewal and rebirth. On Tuesday morning, in a school meeting hall in…
Japan rattled by college entrance exam cheat case
Japanese police arrested a teenager accused of cheating on his university entrance examination by consulting online forums with his mobile phone, prompting outrage Friday in this gadget-loving country…