Police held back crowds of protesters outside University College London (UCL) on Saturday as Israel-supporting demonstrators faced off with a pro-Palestine crowd. The counter-protest came in response to a pro-Palestine encampment that has been set up at the university’s campus in Bloomsbury, London. UCL students have pitched tents near the main campus building to show […]
Pro-Palestinian protesters are camping on university campuses across Australia, with some scuffling with pro-Israel protesters in Sydney – mirroring similar events in the United States. Students have set up encampments at universities in major Australian cities over the last two weeks to protest over Israel’s offensive in Gaza. The students are demanding that universities sever […]
Texas has some of the most beautiful colleges in the U.S. The architecture that went into building these universities has plenty of history behind it. Architectural Digest did a ranking of the 64 prettiest college campuses in the nation. Here’s how Texas held up. Architectural Digest’s most prettiest universities in Texas No. 14 Baylor University: […]
Germany’s minister of education and research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, has called on universities to scrutinize any joint projects with China in the light of recent arrests over spying allegations. “The arrest of three Germans for suspected espionage once again makes it abundantly clear that we must not be naive in our dealings with China,” the liberal […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has tried to dismiss the worsening budget crisis at public universities as politics as usual, a contest with his leftist political rivals who hold sway over liberal campuses. It does not feel that way to many of the students at the elite University of Buenos […]
Strategically located around the state and offering a broad range of programs, Mississippi’s eight public universities and the University of Mississippi Medical Center are a sound investment for our people and our future. With oversight from the Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), the investment is paying strong dividends. Statistics don’t lie […]
Virginia Foxx, the Republican member of Congress from North Carolina, has spent the past few months giving elite schools a hard time. As the chair of the House committee on education, she oversaw a tense hearing in December that spurred the resignations of the presidents of University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University. She has led […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has led to more than 100 job cuts across university campuses in Texas, a hit echoed or anticipated in numerous other states where lawmakers are rolling out similar policies during an important election year. Universities throughout Texas rushed to make […]
Apr. 8—Riverland Community College has announced its designation as an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). According to a press release from the college on Monday, this recognition comes because of the college’s efforts to serve the Hispanic community, with 15.8% of its current enrollment comprising Hispanic […]
This article was originally published in Utah News Dispatch. Amid a tumultuous application season for federal student aid, Utah public universities are taking special measures to allow students relying on those funds to plan for their enrollment. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, experienced various delays this year. First, with a three-month […]
University leaders pay close attention to comparative rankings such as those offered by Times Higher Education, ShanghaiRanking Consultancy and others. Rankings influence student matriculation numbers, attract talented faculty and justify donations from wealthy donors. University leaders rail against them, and some schools “withdraw” from them, but rankings are influential. A radical shift in the data […]
The Texas Legislature last year banned Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices and initiatives at public universities and colleges; now the Senate Committee on Education is calling to the carpet the administrators of the institutions of higher education to prove how the schools are complying with Senate Bill 17. Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, who wrote the […]