Tag: Around Academe
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India’s government doubles salaries of its university research professors
In an effort to increase research output, India’s government doubled the salaries of its public…
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Pew Research Center: More young adults in college than ever before
In October 2008, more young adults were enrolled in higher education institutions than at any…
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Report concludes university-industry partnerships vital to economy
Inventions developed at universities and licensed to businesses contributed $187 billion dollars to the gross…
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U.S. to give Pakistan $45 million for higher education initiatives
In an effort to bolster relations and encourage educational opportunities, the U.S. plans to contribute…
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Total fall enrollments at Canadian universities up more than 4 percent
The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada reported that enrollments at many Canadian universities…
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Three universities make AARP’s list of 10 best places to work
A recent issue of AARP: The Magazine, a publication by the American Association of Retired…
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U.S. visas to Indian students drop
The number of Indian students who secured visas to study in the U.S. this fall…
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Interim president named for MCG
Dr. James N. Thompson has been appointed interim president of the Medical College of Georgia.…
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Financial literacy programs experience increase in popularity
Forty-three percent of U.S. colleges and universities have financial literacy programs, and about half of…
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Canada a big draw for U.S. students
More American students than ever before are heading to Canadian higher education institutions, in part…
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M.B.A. applications on the rise
Applications to full-time M.B.A. programs are way up, with more than two-thirds of U.S. programs…
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Retired U. of North Carolina professors offer to teach for free
To help ease the burdens of a $60 million loss to the University of North…
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Arizona Board of Regents will study benefits of intercollegiate athletics
As part of a gubernatorial mandate, the Arizona Board of Regents will review the state’s…
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Legendary novelist Chinua Achebe joins faculty at Brown University
Acclaimed novelist Chinua Achebe, who wrote Things Fall Apart, has accepted the position of David…
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Private college exchanges free tuition for town’s school building
Finlandia University, a private school in Michigan’s upper peninsula, has struck a deal with the…
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Kent State to give faculty bonuses
Tenure-track faculty at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, will receive bonuses this year from…
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Colleges begin loaning e-books
Users of the Sony Reader, an electronic book-reading device, can now check out digital books…
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Former nursing student receives $450K in whistle-blower case
A Georgia jury awarded a former nursing student at Appalachian Technical College in Woodstock $450,000…
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Southern U. gets rebuilding grants
Southern University at New Orleans, which was devastated four years ago by Hurricane Katrina, received…
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Survivor of Holocaust, homelessness donates $150K to Hebrew University
Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, received half of a $300,000 estate left by a concentration…
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University of Missouri chancellor, his wife make $2 million donation
The chancellor of the University of Missouri at St. Louise and his wife have made…
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Florida A&M law school accredited
The American Bar Association recently announced the first full accreditation in the history of Florida…
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Southern Oregon University seeks to sever its fiscal ties to state
Mary Cullinan, president of Southern Oregon University, proposed that her university sever its financial ties…
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Auburn U. cleared of academic fraud
Auburn University has been cleared of academic fraud charges levied over independent-study courses taken by…
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