Petition against Aussie int’l student caps hits 5.5k signatures

It comes after Australia announced plans last month to cap international student enrolments at 270,000 for 2025. The petition, titled Destruction of Australia’s International Education Industry: Protect Jobs and the Economy, calls upon the Australian parliament to recognise the contribution of international students.  While highlighting how international students have helped industries facing labour shortage in…

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AAUP Criticizes Florida’s State Chancellor for Violating Academic Freedom

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has called on the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida to retract his directive requiring public university campuses in Florida to identify all courses that might have “antisemitic material and/or anti-Israel bias.”Chancellor Ray Rodrigues “This latest example of the state’s authoritarian approach to higher education dictates that…

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3 Western Michigan U faculty unions vote no confidence in president

Three academic unions at Western Michigan University on Friday voted no confidence in the public institution’s president as contentious labor negotiations grind on without a resolution.  The unions — which represent WMU teaching assistants, part-time faculty and board-appointed faculty — approved a resolution accusing President Edward Montgomery of failing to “administer academic labor relations.” The…

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