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STEM careers to boost as Princeton Prison Teaching Initiative gets NSF funding (2)

Princeton's Prison Teaching Initiative gets NSF funding

Mihir Sharma
September 25, 2019

Princeton University’s “Prison Teaching Initiative (PTI)” has received a grant by National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote STEM (Science, technology,...

Hong Kong universities unappealing to mainland students

Asia Universities

Mainland students nix Hong Kong universities

Brian Njuguna
September 24, 2019

Hong Kong universities used to be favored by mainland students based on their incredible international reputation. Moreover, Hong Kong universities...

Africa Universities

South Africa: better safety in higher education

Hristina Yordanova
September 24, 2019

Following several student demonstrations, demanding better safety in higher education, Blade Nzimande, South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and...

United States Universities

College admission softened in Kansas

Aroosa Nadeem
September 24, 2019

Universities in Kansas state had modified its college admissions requirement on specifying high school courses as a prerequisite for application....

Europe Universities

Trinity College outranked by 40 universities

Ken Vincent Rosales
September 24, 2019

Trinity college quality didn’t flunk the ranks; just that more or less 40 universities worldwide have taken a more aggressive...

US universities being shunned by Chinese students

United States Universities

Chinese students shun US universities

Brian Njuguna
September 24, 2019

US universities have recorded declines of at least one-fifth in the number of new Chinese students this fall. In nearly...

India Universities

University World Rankings released: India not in the top 300

Ken Vincent Rosales
September 24, 2019

Times Higher Education (THE) Magazine has its annual publication of university world rankings. India is one of the countries which...

Australia Universities

University of Sydney to incorporate creativity into the curriculum

Brian Njuguna
September 23, 2019

The University of Sydney, in collaboration with external education and creative arts powerhouses, seeks to have creativity incorporated into the...

Europe Universities

Universities prone to tax scams; HMRC warns

Kelvin Maina
September 23, 2019

The organization reported that it had received over 620,000 email tax scams last year. This was an increase of up...

Data science school gets approved in the University of Virginia

United States Universities

Data Science School in UVA gets approved

Kelvin Maina
September 23, 2019

The Data Science School in University of Virginia (UVA) will finally materialize this September 2019 after the state of Virginia...