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Shutting the gates of academia: American universities cut ties to Huawei and Confucius Institute

South China Morning Post 18 Mar 2019

As US government efforts to restrict American academia’s ties to two Chinese organisations gather steam, many of the country’s best schools have done just that.Huawei Technologies, the private global Chinese tech giant, and Confucius Institute, a Beijing-linked body ......

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Promoting Diversity and Gender Equality in Academia

Public Technologies 18 Mar 2019

March 8 was International Women's Day, and Tohoku University has been holding special events aimed at promoting gender equality and diversity in academia ... Measures in Science and Technology (GEMST), an index in Japan that tracks the changing trends of women in academia....

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The promise and peril of academia wading into Twitter

Public Technologies 18 Mar 2019

ByElizabeth Evitts Dickinson /PublishedSpring 2019. Last fall, Johns Hopkins senior Juliann Susas sat in Gilman Hall on the first day of her History of Law and Social Justice course as the professor, historian Martha S. Jones, walked everyone through the syllabus ... Jones would grade them on the basis of their replies ... Board of Education ... And no wonder....

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HACU Academia de Liderazgo Leadership Academy l Application/Nomination deadline: April 5

Public Technologies 16 Mar 2019

March 14, 2019. The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities is accepting applications for its Academia de Liderazgo/Leadership Academy through April 5, 2019. The program is designed to increase Hispanic representation in presidential positions in higher education ... Applications and nominations can be made online at ... Disclaimer ... (noodl....

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Will Israeli Academia Lead the Charge to Counter ‘Apartheid Week’ and BDS?

The Algemeiner 15 Mar 2019

A display erected by Penn Students for Justice in Palestine during its ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ campaign. Photo. Penn SJP ... “Apartheid” isn’t the initiative’s only misnomer — as the “week” lasts an entire three weeks. Scheduled this year to run from March 18 to April 8, this year’s IAW theme will be “Stop Arming Colonialism.” ... 0 ... ....

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The academia and 2019 elections: Where is the hope?

Business Day Online 13 Mar 2019

Upon my introduction by my host, they all in unison asked why the academia especially the Vice Chancellors are seemingly more excited in working as INEC ad hoc employees than as employees and heads of our universities ... The middle position of the academia is not accidental! It is strategic and normally protected and supported meticulously....

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Five California residents arrested in cheating scheme to obtain student visas for Chinese nationals

The Los Angeles Times 13 Mar 2019

L.A. Now Local Five California residents arrested in cheating scheme to obtain student visas for Chinese nationals ... on a student visa to attend UCLA ... > ... Fifty people, across academia and college sports as well as a cadre of super-wealthy parents, have been charged in what prosecutors say is the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted ... > ... U.S ... .......

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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VOKACOM Limited, Nana Osei Afrifa, has asked for a national policy that will stimulate collaboration between academia and the business community in the country.

Graphic 12 Mar 2019

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VOKACOM Limited, Nana Osei Afrifa, has asked for a national policy that will stimulate collaboration between academia and the business community in the country....

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Academia Sanchez-Casal to open new tennis academy at Life Time in Peachtree Corners

Gwinnett Daily Post 10 Mar 2019

Academia Sanchez-Casal, a junior tennis academy owned and operated by former No. 1 doubles player Emilio Sanchez-Vicario, plans to open a new academy location at the Life Time Athletic and Tennis facility in Peachtree Corners ... ....

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Hampshire College, a Child of the Sixties, Faces Its “Visioning Problem”

New Yorker 09 Mar 2019

Masha Gessen writes about what Hampshire College’s decision to lay off its admissions officers and to stop admitting new students may mean for the college‘s future ... ....

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Exclusive: U.S. Air Force Secretary Wilson to quit, eyes return to academia

Reuters 08 Mar 2019

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, who was considered a top candidate to become the next secretary of defense, has decided to resign after almost two years leading a service at the heart of America's campaigns in Syria and Afghanistan, a U.S. official told Reuters ... ....

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House Democrats Push $50 Million to Add Academia to Gun Control Push

Breitbart 08 Mar 2019

House Democrats are pushing $50 million in annual funding to add academic researchers to the current gun control push ... ....

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Exclusive: U.S. Air Force Secretary Wilson to resign, eyes return to academia

Democratic Underground 08 Mar 2019

Wilson, who aims to return to academia, was not asked to leave by anyone in President Donald Trumps administration and was not resigning under pressure, the official told Reuters....