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In Australia, Renewed Push on Western Civilization
New center seeks to influence curriculum shifts in recent years, which have focused on Asia and on the country's Aboriginal heritage. Some question whether country needs more study of white men.
Fired Far From Home
American University of Malta undertakes mass firings of faculty. The start-up institution, run by a for-profit company with no track record in higher education, has struggled to find students and is mired in environmental and political controversy in Malta.
Campus Dining and the Rise of the National University of Singapore
University serves a meal, on average, every 1.4 seconds.
China’s ‘Long Arm’
Scholars and political leaders describe increasing concerns about Chinese government influence over teaching and research in the U.S. and Australia.
British University Backs Out of Plans for California Campus
Concept may have been the most ambitious plan by a foreign university to build a branch campus in the U.S.
No License to Teach
A Western-style university in Russia is hamstrung as authorities keep denying its license to teach.
Gender Equity Targets Missed
Most Dutch universities are missing goals for hiring increased share of female faculty members.
Gender Trouble
A departmental committee told a professor he had to teach Judith Butler in his class in the name of gender balance. He refused. As for Butler, she doesn’t want her work forced on him.