International: Page 16

African-American

Philanthropic Foundations Pushing College Access, Attainment Higher on Priority Lists

Philanthropic foundations are working to move the needle on student access and success issues.

070716_Foundations

Bangladesh Attack Underscores that It’s No Summer of Freedom for U.S. College Students

From Orlando, to Turkey, to Bangladesh, the news of another violent outburst has marred the season those in higher ed usually associate with down time.

070516_Bangladesh

Experts: Britain’s Withdrawal From EU Won’t Affect Study-abroad Programs

Academics leaders say study-abroad programs in England won’t be significantly affected by Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.

062716_study_abroad

African-American

40 Years After Students Sparked Apartheid’s End, a New Anger

JOHANNESBURG ― The day was a key moment in the long campaign to end South Africa’s harsh apartheid system of White-minority rule. Forty years ago, black students in Johannesburg’s Soweto township marched in protest and some were gunned down by police, appalling the world. South Africa has changed dramatically since June 16, 1976 , when […]

Refugees and Scholars: Colleges Offer War-torn a Route to U.S.

BOSTON ― Colleges in the U.S. are opening their doors ― and their financial aid ― to Syrian refugees. Over the past year, at least a dozen schools have promised to cover full or partial tuition for Syrian refugees who are accepted for enrollment. They join a coalition of more than 60 colleges that have […]

High-tech Devices Take Cheating to New Level in Thai Schools

BANGKOK ― Glasses with embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information seem like regular spy equipment for the likes of James Bond, but for three students applying to medical school in Thailand, they were high-technology cheating devices. Bangkok’s Rangsit University canceled its examinations on Saturday and Sunday for admission to its medical and dental faculties […]

Notre Dame, Vatican Library Sign Agreement to Collaborate

SOUTH BEND, Ind. ― The Vatican Library and the University of Notre Dame have entered an agreement aimed at making the books and manuscripts from one of the world’s most important research libraries more accessible to American scholars. The five-year agreement calls for the library and the university to collaborate in organizing joint conferences, to […]

Mauritius President: Africa Behind in Technology, Entrepreneurship

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, president of Mauritius, acknowledges that, although Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world, it continues to linger behind other parts of the world in the area of technological advancements.

International Educators: College Ranking Systems Ineffective

Competitive ranking systems used in the United States and Europe to label colleges and universities by their selectivity may be prohibiting potential partnerships from forming between institutions across the world.

050616_Protests

Asian American Pacific Islander

Chicago Group Providing Refuge en Route to an Education

A Chicago-based organization is working at helping North Koreans in the United States adapt and earn an education.

Faculty & Staff

JUAN ARMANDO ROJAS JOO

JUAN ARMANDO ROJAS JOO has been appointed associate dean for diversity and inclusion at Ohio Wesleyan University. Rojas is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at Ohio Wesleyan. Rojas earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.

Food Assistance Put on Table for Low-Income College Students

The proposal to provide free or reduced price meals to low-income college students as a means of boosting their chances of earning a degree is being presented this week at a national conference on housing and food insecurity among undergraduates.

Page 16 of 79

Austin Community College

Assistant Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Arapahoe Community College Premium Employer Diversejobs

Virginia Commonwelath University

Baker College System

Salisbury University

The trusted source for all job seekers

We have an extensive variety of listings for both academic and non-academic positions at postsecondary institutions.