Twenty-three universities are expected to receive a share of $4.6 million to advance Black student success in California.Dr. Dilcie Perez The California State University (CSU) recently announced the one-time allocation ($4,630,846) as part of the university system’s $10 million, three-year Black Student Success funding commitment. It will help fund programs and projects that meet recommendations…
Of these, nearly half (47%) faced unplanned expenses because of the attacks, including compliances fines, changes in leadership and lawsuits, according to the report from Netwrix, a cybersecurity provider. The most common attacks in the last 12 months were phishing, user account compromise and ransomware or other malware attacks, according to the report. The organisation…
(Photo by Staci Zaretsky) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I’ve made peace with my blindness. But I’m concerned about the Supreme Court’s apparent disregard for the principles of judicial restraint that distinguish the unelected judiciary from the two elected branches of government—and about what that might mean for our…
RELIST WATCH By John Elwood on Jul 1, 2024 at 6:11 pm The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Every summer, before the justices leave town for the Supreme Court’s recess, they have one last impromptu conference to consider…
The PIE caught up with Rohit Sharma, ETS’ senior vice president of global mobility solutions, at The PIE Live Asia Pacific 2024, where he spoke of a “reset” for Australia’s international education sector and underscored the critical role that testing providers can play in supporting the industry’s shift towards long-term sustainability. “Australia is going through…
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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…
It marks the latest step in an ongoing effort to reduce wait times and improve a process that critics say can be opaque and bureaucratic. “[International] students are a huge priority for the Department of State, we know how important they are [and] culturally, academically, economically what they bring to the United States,” said Sarah…
It forms part of the government’s controversial crackdown on so-called “ghost colleges” – where providers took advantage of a former loophole in Australia’s visa system to bring bogus international students into the country to work. Such providers did not actively provide either training or assessments for students. Some 36 unnamed CRICOS-registered providers were visited without…
OPINION ANALYSIS By Ronald Mann on Jun 28, 2024 at 9:17 am The court ruled in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy on Thursday. (Katie Barlow) The court ruled on Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s routine practice of imposing fines in its administrative proceedings, used to penalize securities fraud, violates the Seventh Amendment…