Amid the growing concern that recent political developments may turn international students away from the USA, a group of six higher education associations (AACRAO, IIE, International ACAC, NACAC, NAFSA and the College Board), pooled their resources and began running a survey on how founded these fears are. As reported in Inside Higher Ed, the full
After US judges defeated Trump’s initial travel ban, last week the president issued a second, adapted version. The latest iteration has a number of significant changes from the one previous, and officials are hopeful that this will enable it to stand up to any legal challenges. The most significant changes are: Citizens of Iraq are no longer
Higher education is an industry in which we assume equality is at the forefront of people’s minds. After all, this is the sector which champions truth and knowledge. It should challenge misconceptions and subconscious biases which lead to discrimination of any kind. Yet, a report published by the College and University Professional Association for Human
March 8th marks International Women’s Day (IWD) around the world, a day to celebrate the contributions women make to society and to challenge the hurdles they still face. Here, we’re exploring how four different universities marked the occasion. The University of Guelph In the wake of the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau’s 50:50 cabinet gender
The election of Donald Trump caused panic across higher education, with many worrying his presidency would spell disastrous changes to the sector. It seems that some of those fears were well founded, as it has just been announced that Trump’s revised education policy includes plans to cut funding to the National Endowment for the Arts
Germany and Kenya have announced their intention to open a collaborative STEM-based university in the East African country. The Eastern African-German University of Applied Sciences will focus on science and engineering-based education, but will also offer entrepreneurship and TVET (technical and vocational education and training) teacher-training courses. It will follow the German model of being