• Columbia University Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Inflated Rankings Data for $9 Million
    July 2, 2025 from Diverse
    Columbia University 14632333636 Nr The settlement resolves claims that Columbia misrepresented key data points to enhance its standing in the influential annual...
  • Yang Chai
    July 2, 2025 from Diverse
    Fea59 E6 A 731 C 49 D2 9987 5309834 F12 F4 Dr. Yang Chai has been named dean of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California.
  • Beyoncé's BeyGOOD Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant to Texas Southern University's Marching Band 
    July 2, 2025 from Diverse
    The grant will be strategically allocated across multiple areas critical to the band's success and sustainability.
  • Siena Heights University to Close After 105 Years, Citing Financial Challenges
    July 2, 2025 from Diverse
    Ce0787 F9 76 D5 4186 Bead 4 Bbd6 A2 F9 Cc2 University leadership cited insurmountable financial pressures and operational challenges as driving factors behind the closure...
  • CATHERINE EDMONDS
    July 2, 2025 from Diverse
    Dr. Catherine Edmonds Catherine Edmonds has been named interim chief academic officer at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University...
  • Why Students of Color Should Study Foreign Languages
    July 2, 2025 from Diverse
    Study of a foreign language opens one’s eyes. More specifically, it opens one’s mind. The benefits to society are many. There...
  • Moody's: Federal Policies on International Students Pose Credit Risk to Higher Ed Sector
    July 2, 2025 from Diverse
    The government's stance on international students is creating significant financial risks for U.S. colleges and universities.
  • Dr. Tyson Brown Named Director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University
    July 2, 2025 from Diverse
    Dr. Tyson Brown Dr. Tyson Brown, professor of sociology and associate professor in medicine at Duke University, has been named director of the...
  • R. MAY LEE
    July 1, 2025 from Diverse
    R. May Lee R. May Lee has been named the third president of the Olin College of Engineering.
  • Outdoor Equity and Mental Health: A Pathway to Healing for Underrepresented Students
    July 1, 2025 from Diverse
    Clifton H. Harcum Sr. The intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion and outdoor recreation is not just about representation, it is about healing...
  • New higher education literacies for a sustainable future
    October 19, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    As the world becomes more interconnected and interdependent, nations face increasing pressure to improve their political, economic, social, technological and environmental infrastructures in order ...
  • Court moves beyond the past in favouring English
    October 19, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    The South African Constitutional Court's recent unanimous decision upholding Stellenbosch University's policy favouring English is important in both substance and tone for its evolving narrative o ...
  • The importance of developing cultural intelligence
    October 19, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    As two of the top host countries in the world, the United States and United Kingdom have long benefited from attracting large numbers of international students. Internationalisation dialogue and p ...
  • A breathtaking shift from autocracy to an open HE system
    October 19, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    The higher education landscape in Uzbekistan, Central Asia, has been changing rapidly over the past three years. Since the passing of Uzbekistan's first president, Islam Karimov, in 2016, who had ...
  • Why a new higher education review is a waste of time
    October 19, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    In the first 100 days of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second administration, the government has launched yet another rethink of higher education policies and priorities through the draft ...
  • Economic growth, political stability fuel research rise
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Regional growth and more political stability in the Asia region, allowing for greater investment in education and research, have reduced brain drain of researchers and academics and led to a rapid ...
  • Denmark tops neighbours on funding of study support
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    A new report shows there is a well-developed funding system in the Nordic region compared to other regions in the world but with significant differences between the countries, with the highest lev ...
  • The double bind faced by black research applicants
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Last week the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published an analysis finding that the agency i ...
  • Gandhi statue faces backlash from student activists
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Mahatma Gandhi is revered across the world for his non-violent campaign for Indian independence and was nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize. But plans to unveil a statue in his memory i ...
  • Another student murder, this time for being 'a zombie'
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    A University of KwaZulu-Natal student, Khanyile Nzimande, has apparently confessed to killing his friend whom he described as "a zombie that blocked his fortune" in a video circulating on social m ...
  • No equality for black and minority ethnic academics - Study
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Analysis shows that black and minority ethnic (BME) academic staff at universities in the United Kingdom are paid less than their white counterparts and are considerably less likely to hold the mo ...
  • Private universities also want access to CSR funding
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Some private universities may approach the government of India to propose that contributions to privately funded higher education be included within the ambit of corporate social responsibility (C ...
  • Californian public universities to offer medication abortion
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on 11 October requiring medication abortion services at public state universities starting in 2023, writes Caroline Kelly for CNN . "As othe ...
  • Fewer Syrians in Lebanon are reaching universities
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Eight years after Syrians began to enter Lebanon in flight from an uprising that turned into civil war, young refugees continue to struggle for integration into the Lebanese education system at ev ...
  • Huawei signs deal with ministry of higher education
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Vincent Sun, CEO of Huawei Egypt, and Dr Mohamed El Tayeb, Egypt's assistant minister of higher education, signed a memorandum of understanding on 15 October on strategic cooperation in informatio ...
  • Mentally disabled students seek university access
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    A campaign calling on the education ministry and parliament to produce new regulations for students with mental disabilities who want to study at Turkish universities has drawn support from nearly ...
  • Review recommends simpler HE provider categories
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    A review into how higher education providers are categorised has recommended a simplified system that aims to benefit students and protect Australia's international reputation, reports Mirage N ...
  • Calls to scrap graduation fees at Scottish universities
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    A call to scrap graduation fees at Scottish universities and colleges was backed by members of the Scottish National Party (SNP) at the party's recent conference, writes Lewis McKenzie for Glas ...
  • House Democrats unveil college affordability plan
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    United States House of Representatives Democrats have unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the federal higher education law, aiming to increase access to college for low-income and minority students wi ...
  • Minister vows to close shoddy universities
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    A number of universities are staring at imminent closure as the state moves to streamline higher learning in Kenya after Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha gave yet another indica ...
  • Call for management reshuffle at universities
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Noted educationist Dr Akbar Ali Khan has called for a reshuffle in the administration of all universities in Bangladesh, aiming to stop any repeat of the brutal incident in Bangladesh University o ...
  • Record numbers of students, but no government funding rise
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    A record number of over 300,000 bachelor and masters degree students enrolled at Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences for the 2019-20 academic year, according to preliminary fig ...
  • New Zealand universities face fines after dormitory death
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    New Zealand universities and dorm accommodation providers were told on 15 October they could face hefty fines following a gruesome case in which a student's decomposing body lay undetected in his ...
  • Survey reveals disturbing results on campus sexual violence
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    About one quarter of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted, according to a disturbing new national survey in the United States, which found that at one institution, the Universit ...
  • Academics criticise 'harassment' of university whistleblower
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Academics from across the globe have condemned Murdoch University's treatment of a whistleblower who spoke out about international student exploitation, saying they are "appalled" at what they see ...
  • Learned society pilots transitional open access deal
    October 18, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    The Microbiology Society has become the first small learned society publisher to strike a transitional open access deal through Jis ...
  • Russian citizenship for foreign students who graduate
    October 17, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    The government plans to open up Russian citizenship to many foreign students after graduation and ease restrictions on side jobs for foreign students studying in Russia. In addition, the quota ...
  • Quality doctoral programmes are vital for development
    October 17, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Ghana's National Accreditation Board was established in 1993 by the government of Ghana for four primary purposes. One is giving official quality approval to both public and private tertiary e ...
  • Nigerian students caught in political, economic crossfire
    October 17, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Nigerian students in Benin are at the receiving end of an unstable economic situation and fractured political relations between the two neighbours. Three weeks after the Seme-Krake international b ...
  • Justice minister resigns as admissions scandal widens
    October 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    South Korea's embattled justice minister, Cho Kuk, has resigned just 35 days after he was appointed to the ministerial post amid an outcry over alleged admissions favours for his daughter and the ...
  • Dormitory killing highlights campus political rivalries
    October 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Violent student protests have erupted in Bangladesh over the killing of an engineering student by members of the ruling party's student organisation, the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). Several B ...
  • Universities accused of aiding mass surveillance in China
    October 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
    Leading universities across Australia have been accused of helping the Chinese Communist Party develop mass surveillance and military technologies. The claims made on Monday night add to growi ...
  • He said, she said: Sexual politics on stage
    December 1, 2017 from Higher Education
    Main image:  AFTER a night of drunken flirting, Amber and Tom, two college freshmen at Princeton, end up in bed together. Sex was something they both seemed to want. When Tom had resisted playing a game at a keg party earlier in...
  • Decline and fall: For-profit colleges in America relaunch themselves as non-profits
    November 9, 2017 from Higher Education
    Print section Print Rubric:  Betsy DeVos’s promised regulatory relief might not revive a tarnished industry Print Headline:  Decline and fall Print Fly Title:  For-profit colleges UK Only Article: ...
  • Degrees of concern: Reports of the MBA’s demise are exaggerated
    October 26, 2017 from Higher Education
    Print section Print Rubric:  Reports of the MBA’s demise are exaggerated Print Headline:  Degrees of concern Print Fly Title:  MBA programmes UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  A tsar...
  • Make America great again: American business schools dominate our MBA ranking
    October 26, 2017 from Higher Education
    Print section Print Headline:  The best MBA courses Print Fly Title:  Make America great again UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  A tsar is born Fly Title:  Make America great again...
  • Daily chart: Young, college-educated Americans are more accepting of controversial speech
    October 18, 2017 from Higher Education
    Main image:  CRITICS like to talk about American college campuses in apoplectic, dystopian terms. Political correctness has run amok; snowflakery festers in the ivory towers. To be fair, a handful of well-publicised incidents,...
  • The intolerant fifth: Free speech at American universities is under threat
    October 12, 2017 from Higher Education
    Print section Print Rubric:  American universities have a free-speech problem. But it is not what it seems Print Headline:  The intolerant fifth Print Fly Title:  Speech on campus UK Only Article: ...
  • POTUS v Harvard: The Department of Justice targets affirmative action
    August 3, 2017 from Higher Education
    Print section Print Rubric:  The Department of Justice targets race-conscious admissions at the Ivies Print Headline:  POTUS v Harvard Print Fly Title:  College admissions UK Only Article:  standard...
  • Rights for whites: The Department of Justice wants to end race-conscious university admissions
    August 2, 2017 from Higher Education
    Main image:  THE mission of the Department of Justice (DoJ) is “to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans”. That is a rather tall order—and it’s open to interpretation. Under Jeff Sessions, the...
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