Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter While many educators spent the past two years fretting that artificial intelligence is killing student writing, upending person-to-person tutoring and generally wreaking havoc on scholastic inquiry, the well-known thinker and ed tech expert Michael Feldstein has been quietly exploring something…
The United States, long seen as the leading destination for international students, is facing increasing uncertainty. Tightening immigration laws, unpredictable visa rules, and rising tuition costs have made many students reconsider the value of studying there, according to a report by The Times of India. A notable example came when the Trump administration moved to…
Jamie Beaton has built a career helping students from around the world gain admission to Harvard University and other top-tier institutions. Now, days after the Trump administration banned Harvard from enrolling international students and stopped scheduling appointments for student visas, Beaton, co-founder and CEO of Crimson Education, a college consulting firm, is advising his clients to “ignore the chaos.” Getting…
Harvard President Alan Garber addressed the university’s clash with the Trump administration in a new NPR interview, calling the government’s recent actions toward the school “perplexing” and warning that slashing research funding “hurts the country.” “We need to be firm in our commitments to what we stand for, and what we stand for — I…
Belgium’s Royal Palace said that Princess Elisabeth, who is first in line to the throne, is now waiting to find out whether she can return for a second year at Harvard, where she is enrolled in a graduate school program. Cleo Carney, the daughter of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, just wrapped up her first…
Six courses offered by two universities in Hong Kong have been listed among the top 10 in their respective global league tables, according to a ranking organisation, which also warned that financial cuts to the city’s higher education institutions could affect their competitiveness. The city also accounted for the most universities in Asia among a…
Annual grants of HK$2,500 (US$321) for each of the nearly 800,000 students in Hong Kong will be cut, while spending on public universities will be slashed by HK$2.8 billion over the next three years, leaving parents unhappy about the way the government opted to tighten its belt. In an unprecedented move, the government also said…
Hong Kong’s education minister has said authorities would not raise tuition fees for non-local university students significantly despite the government’s fiscal deficit, so top candidates would not be deterred. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin told a radio programme on Saturday that having the best students come to Hong Kong was important in maintaining the…
The Texas Tribune Skip to main content Key coverage By Stephen Simpson Jan. 2, 2025 Texas received $203.4 million in 2021 to help build community mental health programs at libraries and churches, among other efforts. Those funds expire Dec. 31. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune By Jayme Lozano Carver Updated: Dec. 26, 2024 Noncommercial cars…
{KXLG – Watertown, SD} The Boys & Girls Club of Watertown has announced in a notice sent to parents changes to its membership fee structure for 2025, effective from the next enrollment period. The increase would be the first increase in eight years for the club. According to the notice, the fee increase is necessitated…