Academics at a prestigious Cairo university have voted to declare no confidence in its American president, weeks after he hosted the secretary of state, who delivered a fiery address.
Tag: Colleges and Universities
India Protests U.S. Detention of Students in Fake-University Sting
New Delhi said several Indian students had been unwittingly caught up in an operation intended to expose visa fraud.
Duke University Apologizes Over Professor’s Email Asking Chinese Students to Speak English
The university is conducting an internal review after a professor sent an email cautioning international students from speaking Chinese on campus.
Ontario Has Francophones? Oui, Beaucoup, and They’re Angry
It has always been a battle to live “en français” in Ontario, and the province’s French speakers are now fighting mad about plans by Premier Doug Ford to cancel a French language university.
Students Defiant as Chinese University Cracks Down on Young Communists
In a rare rebuke, Peking University students denounced officials for blocking a student-led campaign for workers’ rights that has embarrassed the government.
American Student Fatally Stabbed in Netherlands Had Feared Roommate
An American psychology student was killed in her apartment near Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Chase for Talent Pushes Tech Giants Far Beyond West Coast
Amazon and Google are aggressively opening offices outside of their Silicon Valley and Seattle hometowns. On Thursday, Apple said it would invest $1 billion in Austin, Tex.
China Watchers Demand Action on Harassment of New Zealand Professor
A letter signed by dozens of China experts demands that the New Zealand government protect a professor who said she had been harassed over her research critical of China.
George Soros-Founded University Is Forced Out of Hungary
Central European University, founded after the collapse of the Soviet Union, has been forced from its campus in Budapest by the increasingly authoritarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Young Activists Go Missing in China, Raising Fears of Crackdown
The Communist Party appears to be redoubling efforts to quash a movement for workers’ rights that has spread across Chinese campuses.