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Ukrainian universities in exile fight for survival
Hundreds of miles from their former home, staff and students of Ukraine’s Donetsk National University are making do without salaries, accommodations, or proper buildings, the Kyiv Post reports.
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Moldova campaign urges parents to stop bribing schools’ staff
Moldova campaign urges parents to stop bribing schools’ staff
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Uzbekistan: Forced to labor in cotton fields, students rebel
Uzbekistan’s practice of sending forced laborers to pick the cotton harvest causes a furor abroad every year.
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Pakistan warns universities not to question government following model UN controversy over Israeli booth
Uproar over a booth showcasing Israeli culture as part of a university Model United Nations event in Pakistan has prompted the country’s higher education authority to warn universities not to challenge “the perspective of the government.”
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University rankings: past, present, future
College and university rankings have been in the news recently, both in the United States and around the world as the Times Higher Education (THE) released their World University Rankings for 2014-2015 on October 2nd.
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Economist: education system is impeding Lithuania’s innovativeness
The education system oriented at academic achievements prevents Lithuania from becoming an innovative country. It does not promote innovative thinking, entrepreneurship and is impeding such traits says Senior Economist at Swedbank Laura Galdikiene, cites LETA.
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Thailand’s military stopped university lecture on ‘authoritarianism’ and detained professors
Last week a group of students at the prestigious Thammasat University hosted a public lecture on “the collapse of authoritarian regimes in other countries”. While the discussion was presumably focused on other countries, the government seemed to decide the topic was too close to the current situation in Thailand and shut it down.
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As political pressure from Beijing mounts, Hong Kong students demand democracy with class boycott
Student activist groups in Hong Kong have begun to boycott their classes for at least one week to demand that Beijing allow the city to hold a genuine democratic election in 2017 for its next chief executive.
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‘Traditional’ academics are endangered species
Profound changes have transformed the role of the ‘traditional’ academic in Australian universities, so much so that this once typical academic might soon be numbered among the nation’s endangered species.
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Azerbaijan: kids start school with lengthy family-motorcades, cops complain
What parent would not want to make their child’s first day of school memorable?
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