UK universities urged to provide better support for students from China | Students
British universities have been urged to provide better support for students from China to promote integration on campus amid concerns about “ethnic crowding”. Chinese students make up a quarter of all international students and the £2.3 billion they pay in tuition fees each year play a key role in supporting the UK's cash-strapped higher education […]
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis | Humanities
Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent announces suspension of provision degree in english literature I ran a few rabbits, most of them running in the wrong direction. The university effectively said the course was no longer viable as few people wanted to study English literature at degree level anymore. If you can’t do EngLit in […]
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Universities Have A 2025 Rendezvous With Reality
Universities are experiencing a catastrophic decline in support and support from the public. A Gallup poll conducted this year found that just 36 percent of Americans surveyed were “very” or “quite” confident in higher education, once agreed upon as a touchstone to upward mobility. expressed. Giving to most universities has declined for the second year […]
What are Donald Trump’s plans to overhaul US colleges and universities? | Trump administration
Donald Trump hates the current state of higher education in the United States so much that he wants to create a new online university that will offer free bachelor's degrees to compete with existing universities. President Trump also vowed to “deport pro-Hamas extremists and make college campuses safe and patriotic again.” He wants to dramatically […]
Vulnerable Dem Jon Tester turns on Biden admin over DEI after Montana universities stripped of federal funds
FOX 1st – Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, calls out President Biden and his administration's Department of Education for failing to meet certain diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hiring criteria. They are calling for the immediate reversal of funding denials to Montana universities. standard. “The Biden administration's decision to strip critical funding from local schools is […]
Anti-Israel student and teacher protesters at NYC universities plan campus walkouts on Oct. 7 anniversary
Students and professors at several New York City universities plan to go on strike Monday in widespread protests against Israel on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on the Jewish state by Hamas, according to reports. That's what it means. The walkout is scheduled to begin at Columbia University around 11:30 a.m. Monday, […]
High school seniors from the North flock to southern universities: report
A Wall Street Journal column reported that high school seniors are flocking to Southern universities like Clemson and Alabama rather than the nation's most prestigious universities in the North. “A growing number of high school seniors in the North are making unexpected college choices, attending Clemson University, Georgia Tech, the University of South Carolina, the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Investment Giants Leveraged Red State Universities’ Endowment Funds To Back Anti-Oil Agenda, Report Finds
Multiple asset managers are planning to move forward with anti-fossil fuel shareholder proposals for 2022 and 2023 at Texas' two major university systems, according to a report from the conservative watchdog group American Accountability Foundation (AAF). Utilized donated funds. owned by black rock Aperio Group, Cantillon, Chaired by former Vice President Al Gore Generation Investment […]
Illegal Migrant Enrollment Plummets At Blue State Universities Amid Legal Battle Over Obama-Era Program, Study Finds
A study released in September found that the percentage of undocumented students at California's public universities has dropped significantly since 2016 as legal battles over the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program continue. According to a study published in the University Law Journal, the number of undocumented immigrant students enrolled at the University […]
Newsom vetoes bill that would let DACA students work at public universities
In another attempt to distance himself from the state's more progressive efforts, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed undocumented students at public universities, such as those with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, to work on campus. This is the second time this month that Governor Newsom has […]