Missouri Adds Two New Audits to State-Funded University System
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has announced that two new audits will be implemented by the state to publicly-funded universities, including one to look into the administration at the University of Missouri’s system. While one audit is expected to look at the spending policies set up by the UM System president and the Board of Curators, the […]
Lawsuit Alleges Google Illegally Scanned University E-mails
A lawsuit against Google has been filed in a San Jose federal court alleging that the company scanned their academic-affiliated Gmail accounts. The plaintiffs, four former and current University of California, Berkeley students, claim their email accounts were taken, processed, and kept by Google, now known as Alphabet, for the purposes of analytics, advertising, and tracking between […]
Cambridge University Brings Back Entrance Exams
Prospective students seeking admission to Cambridge University in Fall 2017 will have to take entrance exams, the school has confirmed. The decision comes after the government’s A-level reforms, according to which many students will not sit AS-levels. The AS-level results helped universities to decide whether to offer admission or not. The new assessments will provide “valuable additional evidence […]
University of Alabama Sued Over Donor-Funded Scholarship Program
The University of Alabama is being sued by a private foundation who claims that the institution broke a contract by taking over $ 1.3 million for a scholarship program for first-generation students. Filed by the Suder Foundation in July 2015, the lawsuit claims breach of contract, anticipatory breach of contract, promissory estoppel, and unjust enrichment. […]
DeVry University Hit By FTC Over Employment Statistic Claims
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it is taking legal action against DeVry University, a for-profit college in Illinois, over the university’s claims about the job placement rate for its graduates. The University has nine campuses located throughout the Chicago-area. The FTC says that the university deceived prospective students when, as part of a marketing […]
India’s Bennett University, edX Team Up for Online Courses
India’s Bennett University and online education platform edX have signed an agreement for edX to be the worldwide provider of the University’s first online courses. Bennett University, a Times Group organization, will work with edX to create a blended curriculum for its students. Bennett University announced the collaborative effort with edX, part of which will be the creation […]
University of the People Looks to India for Partnership
California-based University of the People, the first non-profit tuition-free university in the world, is considering a partnership with India for a student destination as well as possible plans with the Indian government to offer high-quality higher education online. Shai Reshef, president and founder of UoPeople, called the situation a “win-win” because India can offer a […]
Islamic Society students disrupt university lecture on blasphemy and make ‘death threat’
MUSLIM students repeatedly disrupted a lecture on blasphemy given by a human rights activist with one making a death threat, it has been claimed. Daily Express :: News Feed
Hong Kong University Students, Staff Protest for Academic Freedom
Students and staff in Hong Kong marched in silent protest in defense of academic freedom after the University council bypassed a search committee’s recommendation for appointing Johannes Chan as university pro-vice chancellor. The council’s decision to overrule the committee’s recommendation is believed to be a Beijing-backed assault on academic freedom. Dressed in black and wearing academic […]
Kiron University Offers Online Higher Education to Refugees
A new online university will be offering free, internationally-recognized education to refugees that comes at no cost and without asking for paperwork that refugees may not have. It’s named Kiron University, after the Chiron of Greek myth, and was founded last year by German students including partnerships with universities like Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and 20 […]