More from Kiosk's blog — Education — Page 28

From Inside Higher Ed: “A new report from the Brookings Institution calls for federal funding of ‘anchor institutions’ to help sustain them and allow them… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “English higher education institutions should be split into ‘national’ and ‘local’ universities to give them a ‘clearly defined purpose’, a thinktank… Read More

From The Chronicle: “The Biden administration is calling for a unified national approach to international education, saying it is time for a ‘renewed U.S. commitment’… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Australia is pioneering the stacking of microcredentials into more illustrious qualifications as the pandemic injects urgency in the roll-out of lifelong… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Indian education agents are lobbying for the creation of home-grown language tests to facilitate international study amid frustration that a country… Read More

From Workshift: “Even before the pandemic, schools and childcare centers were struggling to fill those roles due to strict training and licensing requirements, the demands… Read More

From Inside Higher Ed: “Three-quarters of respondents to Inside Higher Ed‘s 2021 Survey of College and University Business Officers, conducted this month (July) with Hanover… Read More

From The Hechinger Report: “ ‘We’re trying to create an environment where it’s OK to change your mind, and it’s OK to not know what… Read More

From Forbes: “The retail behemoth announced that it will pay 100% of tuition and books for its 1.5 million part-time and full-time Walmart and Sam’s… Read More

From The Chronicle: “A slew of colleges and universities are using Covid-19 relief funding from the federal government to clear unpaid student balances incurred during… Read More

From Inside Higher Education: “As the amount of student loan debt held by Americans continues to rise, the difficulty borrowers face in getting relief, even… Read More

From The Chronicle: “A federal judge ruled against a legal challenge to the Indiana University system’s vaccine mandate, effectively upholding the requirement that all students… Read More

From Higher Ed Dive: “Nationwide, more than 580 campuses are requiring at least some students or employees to get the coronavirus vaccine, according to The… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “The Times reported that Boris Johnson had suggested making vaccination compulsory for students in higher and further education, subject to medical… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “The arrival in the UK of a potential 100,000 international students from Covid red-list countries in the coming months presents a… Read More

From The Washington Post: “Employers have been sleepwalking into a system that screens out the majority of workers, including millions of people who possess sought-after… Read More

From Times Higher Education: “Contract cheating services have taken advantage of the shift to online teaching by offering to take entire modules for students, including… Read More

From Times higher Education: “Most overseas universities are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to opening branch campuses in India, as the nation’s government makes… Read More

From Open Campus Media: “With a few exceptions—most notably Western Governors University, which told me this week that more than 49,000 students graduated from its… Read More

From The Chronicle: “As U.S. consulates around the world reopen, student-visa issuance is returning to pre-pandemic levels, bringing relief to American colleges that had feared… Read More

From Newsweek: “One out of every four federal dollars lent for undergraduate education last year went to parents and a stunning 22 percent of that… Read More

From The Guardian: “Ministers have been accused of ‘one of the biggest attacks on arts and entertainment in English universities in living memory’ after proposals… Read More

From The Chronicle: “… Multiple deaths in close proximity – have raised concerns of ‘suicide contagion’ on campuses. Research has shown that exposure to suicide… Read More

From University World News: “One in every five students in years two and three in the United Kingdom say they don’t have a ‘real friend’… Read More