Democratic attorneys general from 18 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Education Department and its secretary, Betsy DeVos, challenging the department’s move last month to freeze new rules for erasing the federal loan debt of student borrowers who were cheated by colleges that acted fraudulently.
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Lunes, Jul. 03, 2017
"The demand for innovation in higher education is widespread and has generated a plethora of books and papers. But too often this discussion ignores the more fundamental question of whether our models for higher education are flawed or at best insufficiently responsive to student needs and societal circumstances.
Martes, Jun. 27, 2017
NAIT has joined a new nationwide pilot program designed to ensure faster processing times for Canadian visas for students from the Philippines. The Study Direct Stream pilot program is a partnership between Colleges and Institutes Canada and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Annoucned last week in Manila, the program streamlines the Canadian visa application process for qualified international students from the Philippines, provided they meet the financial and English language proficiency requirements.
Martes, Jun. 27, 2017
Un nuevo estudio publicado por el Consejo Americano de Educación ha encontrado que el perfil del presidente universitario está cambiando lentamente y ofrece una radiografía de los líderes de la educación superior en los Estados Unidos.
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Martes, Jun. 20, 2017
Trent University has launched its new School for the Study of Canada. This interdisciplinary school will bring together all existing Canadian Studies programs at Trent, facilitate exchange programs, perform community-based research, develop student internships, and offer public lectures and symposiums. The school will cover themes such as sovereignty, nationalism, health and aging, indigeneity, and multiculturalism.
Martes, Jun. 20, 2017
A $950 million federal government investment in the Canadian innovation landscape presents major opportunities for PSE institutions across the country. Seal the deal on your higher ed supercluster and drive your institution's competitiveness through a global centre of innovation.
Martes, Jun. 13, 2017
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Perry Bellegarde, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on shared priorities during the first AFN-Crown meeting under the new permanent bilateral mechanism process.
The Prime Minister, the National Chief, and other leaders from Canada and the Assembly of First Nations also discussed the next steps in the permanent bilateral mechanism process, which was announced by the Prime Minister in December 2016.
Martes, Jun. 13, 2017
Around 1 a.m. on January 29, Barbara Kentner was walking with her sister Melissa on a residential street in Thunder Bay, Ontario, when a dark grey car with tinted windows drove past them.
An object was lobbed out the window and the sisters say they heard one of the passengers shout, "I got one."
Martes, Jun. 13, 2017
Indigenous people in multiple cities say having something thrown at you from a passing vehicle is so common, people don't even bother to report the assaults.
"There's young men, on the weekends, they will throw beer bottles at you and yell out 'bogan' or 'squaw' or 'whore,'" said Deanne Hupfield, who grew up in Thunder Bay.
"I never thought to call the police. It happened to everybody, not just me."
Martes, Mayo. 23, 2017
Canadian universities may have a more international feel this fall. Enrollment of international students will be sharply higher, universities say, and the incoming freshmen include large numbers of high school students from the United States. With the increase coming during the first year of a contentious presidency, there’s plenty of talk about the trend being an obvious reaction to President Trump.