Trump nominee, Ken Isaacs, was rejected by UN member states in his bid to direct the International Organization for Migration because of his Islamophobia.
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Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Risky Business: Banking On International Students
More and more American colleges and universities depend on foreign students to make sure their costs are low. But those students are increasingly going to other countries to study and the current political attitude towards immigrants is partly to blame.
Posted inPolitical Animal
“Islam Is Not a Religion”: The Real Reason Michael Flynn’s Appointment is Ominous
“Islam is not a religion.”
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Issue of Trade Was Demagogued. Now What?
Electoral discussion never covered how to fix our trade issues.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Number of International Students at U.S. Universities Hits New High Amid Trump Worries
Survey, history suggest that students who feel less welcome here may choose to study elsewhere.
Posted inPolitics
What Obama Can Learn from Bill Clinton in His Final Presidential Speech Abroad
The president will speak in Greece on Wednesday. He should read the speech Clinton gave there 17 years ago.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Indian College Chain Backs Off U.S. Expansion Plan
Amity recently bought a campus in New York and announced plans to open another campus there and in Massachusetts. But state officials were skittish about an India-run school setting up shop in the Commonwealth.
Posted inMagazine, November/December 2016
Higher Red
Why China’s universities may never make the grade as world-class institutions.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, November/December 2016
Seven Habits of Successful Nations
Some unlikely places around the world are tackling some of the world’s toughest challenges and winning.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
A New “MicroMasters” Online Learning Program Offered by Major Universities
From Hong Kong to Holland, 14 institutions join MOOC partnership
