From Inside Higher Ed: China has barred one of its citizens, a professor at an Australian university, from leaving the country. State officials suspect him of being a threat to national security, The New York Times reported….
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Lawmakers Complain about University-Affiliated Reporter’s Lack of ID during Interview
The reporter in question was fired because she failed to identify herself as a reporter while interviewing Tennessee state lawmakers with a group of high school students. Lawmakers said she did not clearly identify herself…
Rick Perry, Energy Secretary, Blasted Alma Mater’s Student Government Election Result
Rick Perry, who served as the Governor of Texas and is now the Department of Energy cabinet secretary under President Donald Trump, criticized his alma mater’s student government election results.
Oops: Phishing Scams Cost Coastal Carolina $1 Million
Per Inside Higher Ed, Coastal Carolina fell for two separate phishing scams and quickly found out they were out of $1 million. Phishing is when someone contacts an individual via e-mail and asks for bank account…
Is there a ‘Trump Effect’ that Increased Canadian International Student Enrollments?
Inside Higher Ed reported how Canadian universities and colleges are experiencing a surge and spike in applications to their higher education institutions, with some staffers claiming that it is due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s…
Hampshire College Students Assaulted Basketball Players over Braids, Alleged Cultural Appropriation
Apparently, wearing braids as a non-minority is offensive and is “cultural appropriation” at Hampshire College. A Hampshire College student is accused of assaulting members of a visiting college basketball team from Maine over one player wearing…
Aquinas College Plans Deep Cuts, Will Go Back to Main Programs
Aquinas College, run by the Dominican sisters of the Roman Catholic Church, will be scaling back its faculty and programs in order to focus on its bread-and-butter programs, such as nursing. The small Catholic college saw that by expanding its programs, faculty and residence halls, it was running a budget deficit.
Survey: 4 in 10 Universities see Drop in International Student Enrollment
Students from the Middle East and India blamed the ‘travel ban’ from the Trump administration as a deterrent to applying to American colleges and universities. But, the survey also noted that potential students cite the…
Professor Physically Attacked by Black Bloc Agitators at Middlebury during Protest of Debate
A liberal professor, set to moderate a debate featuring Charles Murray, had to wear a neck brace after her hair was yanked and pulled by a black bloc (black attire-wearing, masked protester) agitator at Middlebury…
Colleges Struggle to Adjust to Changing Textbook Market
From Inside Higher Ed: With broad adoption of rented textbooks and the steady but incremental shift from print to digital, the price of instructional materials is inching down — far too slowly for those worried…