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Dr. Alma Littles has been appointed dean of the College of Medicine at Florida State University. “When I first saw the College of Medicine mission statement, it resonated with me,” Littles said. “The college’s priorities and my goals as a physician mirror each other,” said Littles, who replaces Dr. John P. Fogarty, who retired in…
Hampshire College is laying off 9% of employees in a major restructuring of operations amid lower-than-expected enrollment growth for the upcoming academic year, the institution’s president confirmed Monday. The move comes for an institution often cited as a turnaround model among small colleges facing financial distress. Hampshire’s restructuring involves consolidating the college’s financial aid, enrollment,…
Mike PierceTwo-hundred and twenty-seven advocacy, labor, and civil rights groups have signed onto a letter urging the Biden-Harris Administration to provide student loan debt relief. The letter — asking the U.S. Department of Education to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) toward providing relief to borrowers experiencing hardship — is a response to recent…
Dr. Karen A. TholeKaren A. Thole has been appointed the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. She serves as director of the START (Steady Thermal Aero Research Turbine) Lab at The Pennsylvania State University and as director of the Engineering Ambassadors Network. Thole holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in…
Viviane Neves Massaro, a Brazilian woman who worked at Canadian company ApplyBoard from June 2021 to July 2022, posted a video on LinkedIn last month speaking about her experiences working in international education in which she alleged she was not supported by her employers when she complained about the behaviour of her line manager. In…
The students, 75 women and 71 men, have been awarded the coveted scholarship for a two-year master’s program, and hail from prominent higher education institutions in India. The EU member states where students will begin their programs are France (31), Portugal (19), Belgium (17), Italy (15), Spain (14), Germany (9), Finland (8), Czech Republic (5),…
Duolingo English Test’s University Access program, now in its third consecutive year, aims to assist refugee students through university and financial aid application processes, as well as immigration and visa applications. The competitive scheme received over 100 applications, whittled down to 46 finalists, selecting 26 scholars from 10 different countries of origin. A portion of…
For modern universities, the dormitory management system must be transformed from a logistical burden into a competitive advantage! As admitted in an article in Spaces4Learing, the demand for creative housing solutions not only satisfies fundamental needs but also improves the entire living experience and outwits the expectations of today’s students. Institutions that implement best practices…
Listen to the article 11 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. When the small, nonprofit University of Saint Katherine announced it would close this spring, the president of the California-based institution placed partial blame for its cash crunch on “extraordinary inflation.” Saint Katherine is hardly alone in that…
The visa fee for international student visas applying to study in Australia is to increase from AUS$710 to AUS$1,600 from 1 July. The price hike, which had been mooted but not officially announced until now, is another hammer blow to a sector in crisis. Sector commentators predicted the obvious: that this would deter some students…