Now that all the data is in, a small group of Asian Americans should hang their heads in shame. The group with the ironic and hypocritical name, Students for Fair Admissions, was corralled by anti-affirmative action advocate Ed Blum and effectively duped and used to sue Harvard over race-based admissions. The result? After six years…

More women are attending university than ever before and a quarter of the world’s top universities have appointed a female president, but research shows that female academics are being pushed out of academia and are evaluated lower than male lecturers, which could stifle their careers. So what’s the state of play at the moment, and…

The university, located in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan under the licence of prime minister Masrour Barzani, has the capacity for 8,000 students in the first six years and is the premier university in the Middle East to offer direct British degrees.   University of London vice chancellor professor Wendy Thomson said it was a…

With the number of Canadian study permit applications processed by the IRCC dropping by 54% in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023, ApplyBoard has projected that the overall number will drop by 39% this year compared to 2023 in a new report.  According to the report, the current trends signal that around 230,000 new study…

The number of staff and faculty roles Wittenberg University is eliminating to help remedy a budget deficit by fiscal 2027, according to the Ohio institution’s president. Because some of the cuts will come through leaving open jobs unfilled, about 40 employees will be affected. #week #numbers #Wittenberg #University #heavy #employee #cuts

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Last spring’s campus protests and the potential for more unrest this fall has had little impact on college recruiting, according to a quick poll by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. More than half…

ICEF and NAFSA have announced a strategic partnership to grow and diversify the international student population in the US by strengthening international enrolment management practices and expanding opportunities for high quality professional development. The collaboration includes a special programmatic focus on effective utilisation of education agents during the NAFSA 2025 conference and a new ICEF…

Introduce yourself in three words or phrases. Positivity, integrity, resilience. What do you like most about your job? I really enjoy being part of a school community of brilliant staff and students and getting to work with amazing people from all around the world. I thrive when working exciting international projects, which can provide opportunities…

At our university’s inaugural faculty-staff research symposium last fall, the two of us met on a drug history and policy panel, and discovered we were both teaching courses on drugs the following semester. What would happen if we connected our courses?  Over coffee, we met several times and came up with a list of shared…