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Numbers of African students in China expected to grow as ties increase

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The country’s Ministry of Education data shows that over 81,000 African students were studying in the country in 2018, representing 16.5% Out of the number, 63,041, some 12.8%, included thousands of Africans were on Chinese government scholarships. Post-pandemic figures for African enrolments in Chinese institutions are scarce.

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Warning issued to Taiwan’s ministries over int’l student exploitation

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A 2022 investigation by a national newspaper uncovered that Ugandan students at Chungchou University of Science and Technology were being forced to work long hours in factories as “interns”. According to the report, the students were promised scholarships to cover their university fees but these failed to materialise.

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Meet Shai Reshef, the 2023 Yidan Prize Winner

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gordon, head of the Yidan Prize for Education Development judging panel and Board Member of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education. In 2018, the University of the People unveiled a new online Master of Education in Advanced Teaching, developed in partnership with the International Baccalaureate. students.

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Painting and shaping Learning Landscapes with Assemblages in mind

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Tim Fawns used ideas of entanglement to reconcile hackneyed arguments about “technology in the service of pedagogy” vs “technology as driving and constraining pedagogy”. Pedagogy first or technology first? They are already assembling or, one might even say, co-constituting one another.

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President’s corner: How Eli Capilouto inspired a spate of gracious donations

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The flagship university partnered with Western Kentucky University in 2018 to develop a medical center in Bowling Green. Thanks to a partnership with Apple, the university can provide its learners with the company’s devices to ensure they get well-equipped for a modern, technologically driven learning landscape.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2022 report from the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ scholarship fund, noted that 32.6% Prior to that, GALA raised over $250,000 to endow UND LGBTQ student scholarships; two are given every year. of LGBTQ people experienced bullying, harassment, or assault at college, compared to 18.9%

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

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This is necessary but must include intentional and proactive scholarship and resources on racial identity development. b. Since their creation, tests have disproportionately hindered access to gifted and talented education (GATE), AP, college acceptance (particularly to elite higher education institutions), scholarships, and so on.

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