Earlier this month, in Trump v. Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling of the Colorado Supreme Court denying former President Donald Trump access to the state’s primary election ballot on grounds of ineligibility under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Section 3 bars from holding office any past government…
The membership body for English language schools is feeling bullish since new published student booking data reveals the best year in 2023 for member-wide business since the pandemic. Student numbers rose to 76% of 2019 levels while student weeks rose to 71% for English UK members, while private members fared best in terms of member type….
Shea wrote about changes to the law around the practice of entering low-level felony pleas in district court last fall, here. More and more districts have begun adopting the practice of accepting guilty pleas to class H and I felonies in district court since then. In light of the expansion of the practice across North…
The legislation aims to mitigate the exodus of tens of thousands of Greek students to universities abroad and internationalise higher education, but students opposed to the bill said it would devalue degrees from state universities. “Today more than 40,000 Greeks study abroad. It is a major source of brain drain. This gap we aspire to…
Once upon a time I let folks know I’d “finagled” a discount for them. After one reader told me the word “finagle” means “to obtain something by devious or dishonest means,” I sent an apologetic “Ruh Roh” email. I received a lot of forgiving (thank you!) feedback. Many kindly supported my…
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…
Roberto J. Rodriguez, assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development at the U.S. Department of Education delivered the keynote address at Hope 2023 in New Orleans.NEW ORLEANS— Designed to spark new ideas and connections about how to best support student parents nationwide, hundreds of educators, students and community partners gathered in The Crescent City…
The name University of Otago will remain but the Reo name of the 155-year-old institution has now been changed to Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – meaning ‘a place of many firsts’. Based on New Zealand’s South Island, Otago has always been a key trading outpost and centre for cutting-edge research. “We had an old Māori name….
Following the Australian government’s announcement on National Planning Levels for 2025, individual universities were given individual limits for new overseas student commencements. Given the complex methodology involved, many institutions are carefully evaluating how these indicative numbers will impact their operations before releasing the figures. Maragret Sheil, vice-chancellor of Queensland University of Technology, appeared on ABC…
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Dickinson State University President Steve Easton on Monday announced plans to step down after all seven of the North Dakota public institution’s full-time nursing faculty resigned in protest of new workload policies. The nursing faculty…