Top Brazilian school to join Nord Anglia group

Escola Móbile is set to be the third school in Brazil, alongside The British College of Brazil and Avenues São Paulo, to join the group’s global portfolio of 87 schools in 33 countries. “Our goal has always been to prepare students for a world without borders,” said Maria Helena Bresser, founder, partner and general director…

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ASHLEY TANKSLEY | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

Ashley TanksleyAshley Tanksley has been named assistant vice president of enrollment management at Jackson State University. She served as director of admissions at Delta State University. Tanksley holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Jackson State University and a master’s in higher education from the University of West Alabama. #ASHLEY #TANKSLEY #Diverse #Issues #Higher #Education

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Canada’s Francophone pilot program to offer pathway to residency

The Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot program is set to launch on August 26, in partnership with designated French-language and bilingual post-secondary learning institutions. The Canadian government has said it recognises that large pools of French-speaking prospective international students exist in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas, and that the study permit approval rate…

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The Future of Black Leadership

At a time when higher education is facing enormous challenges, including attracting and retaining good leaders, Dr. Alvin J. Schexnider — a retired university president — has given us much to reflect upon in his newly published memoir titled, Confessions of a Black Academic (McFarland & Company, Inc.). Schexnider — the former chancellor of Winston-Salem…

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A Snapshot in Time: The Cancer Cluster at NC State

By mid-July, the attorney F. Bryan Brice, Jr., and his client Dr. Darren Masier, an assistant professor of human resource management at Meredith College, had petitioned for an independent examination of the potential cancer cluster at Poe Hall at North Carolina State University (NC State). Getting access to perform testing has been Brice and Masier’s…

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A brief look at … Mexico

Fast Facts: Mexico is located in the southern portion of North America, between the United States and Central America Mexico City is the country’s capital and largest city Mexico’s population is 131 million Mexico’s median age is 29, as compared with 39 in the US (to the north) and 23 in Guatemala (to the south) Spanish…

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Why is the higher education sector so fragile in the US?

Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Ricardo Azziz has held numerous executive positions in higher education and led the merger that resulted in Georgia Regents University, now Augusta University. He is principal at Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education, or SPH, Consulting Group. He…

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