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Mark Kopenski June 7, 2016 843 Comments Off on Indian Students Lured by Recruiters Asked to Leave UniversityBy STEPHANIE SAULJUNE 6, 2016 An aggressive campaign to recruit graduate students from India to study at Western Kentucky University has ended badly, with more than one-third of the students asked to leave the program after their first semester, a university official said. The university used international recruiters to find the students, compensating the services based on how many students
Mark Kopenski June 7, 2016 653 Comments Off on International Recruitment Failure at Western KentuckyWestern Kentucky University has asked at least 25 of the 60 graduate students recruited recently from India to study computer science to leave because they do not meet program requirements, The New York Times reported. The students were recruited through agents who were to be paid $2,000 per student, but only if the students remained for two semesters. Many of
Mark Kopenski June 2, 2016 899 Comments Off on Dowling College, Long in Financial Trouble, Will Close on FridayDowling College, a small private institution on New York’s Long Island, will close its doors for good on Friday, the Associated Press reported. The college had been struggling to find academic partners to help keep it afloat. A New York Board of Regents official said the college was roughly $54 million in debt, and enrollment had dropped by half since
Burlington College closed its doors for good on Friday. By Akilah Johnson Globe Staff May 28, 2016 BURLINGTON, Vt. — Burlington College, once a thriving school for artists, now looks abandoned and bereft. The huge red-and-white sign congratulating graduates remains, but faculty name placards have been pulled from the walls. Empty nails line the corridors, and the front doors are
Mark Kopenski May 23, 2016 879 Comments Off on Chinese billionaire launches world’s biggest education prizeTeachers and educationists from around the world will be able to compete for the world’s biggest education prize worth more than £5m A Chinese internet billionaire has launched the world’s biggest education prize worth more than £5m in Hong Kong today. The award, called the Yidan Prize, will recognise “outstanding” individuals, such as teachers, or teams of people working in education,
At Hamilton, Pat Reynolds has mastered the art of reading names of graduates with speed and accuracy. May 23, 2016 By Scott Jaschik These days, many colleges and universities graduate so many people at a single commencement that the tradition of reading graduates’ names is long gone. For smaller colleges, the tradition lives on. But many in the audience care
You may want to reconsider spending a semester in Geneva. Studying abroad is a great way for students to step outside their comfort zones and experience unfamiliar ways of life. It’s becoming increasingly popular with students around the United States, and for some collegiate programs taking a semester away from the main campus is required for graduation. Still, living abroad doesn’t come
For too long, the U.S. academic job market has compelled us to see our careers in black and white By Scott T. Gibson May 19, 2016 In December 2014, my wife and I took a fairly routine trip to visit her parents in Quito, Ecuador, for the winter holidays. It was our first trip back since I had finished my
Author of a new book on how family matters for college women’s success argues that four-year public institutions are increasingly dependent on active — and wealthy — parents, and that can harm students with less-involved parents. May 19, 2016 By Jake New While doing fieldwork at a four-year public university in 2004, Laura Hamilton, now an associate professor of sociology at the
Mark Kopenski May 18, 2016 592 Comments Off on Burlington College Will Close, Citing Longstanding Financial Woes[Last updated (5/16/2016, 2:38 p.m.) with additional information.] Citing financial problems, Burlington College announced on Monday that it would close its academic programs on May 27, the Burlington Free Press reports. * * *The chairman of Burlington College’s board describes attempts to save the college. See a Chronicle interview. * * *In a statement quoted by Vermont Public Radio, the