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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Lawsuit challenges program that allows international students to work in the U.S. after graduating, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 4 days ago
More than 100 U.S. colleges signed on to an amicus brief opposing a lawsuit that seeks to end the optional practical training program, which allows international students to work in the U.S. for up to three years […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Former student sues seminary, claiming she was expelled after officials obtained tax data showing she was in a same-sex marriage, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 5 days ago
A former student filed suit against Fuller Theological Seminary, claiming that it had expelled her because she was in a same-sex marriage. The complaint filed by the former student, Joanna Maxon, says disciplinary […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Former student sues seminary, claiming she was expelled after officials obtained tax data showing she was in a same-sex marriage, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 5 days ago
A former student filed suit against Fuller Theological Seminary, claiming that it had expelled her because she was in a same-sex marriage. The complaint filed by the former student, Joanna Maxon, says disciplinary […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Annual report puts spotlight on attacks on students, scholars and higher education institutions worldwide, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Violent attacks on student expression globally. Political tensions boiling over onto campuses in worrying ways in India. Increasing pressures on academic and personal freedoms in China, and new pressures in […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, 'Open Doors' data show continued increase in numbers of Americans studying abroad, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks, 5 days ago
A total of 341,751 students studied abroad for credit in 2017-18, representing a 2.7 percent increase from the previous academic year, according to the annual “Open Doors” report, published by the Institute of […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Supreme Court hears arguments on DACA, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in three cases challenging the Trump administration’s move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. The program, established by P […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, University of Miami professor left Bolivia after the press (falsely, she says) called her a U.S. agent, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 weeks, 5 days ago
A political science professor conducting research in Bolivia said she had to leave the country for her safety after local media outlets ran articles falsely claiming she was a U.S. agent and was organizing […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Loan companies emerge to cater to the international student market, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 2 weeks ago
A new industry has emerged to issue loans to international students attending select universities.
The loans carry higher interest rates than those domestic students would be eligible for, but company […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Colleges see declines in Chinese student enrollments, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The number of students from China who attend American colleges and universities more than quadrupled over a decade, fueled by an unprecedented boom in Chinese students going overseas for their undergraduate study. […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Cancellation of course on dissent at Yale-NUS campus in Singapore prompted academic freedom inquiry, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months, 1 week ago
The last-minute cancellation of a proposed short course on dissent at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, partially due to concerns that course activities could put students at risk of arrest, renewed questions about […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Federal inquiry into a Middle East studies program raises academic freedom concerns, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months, 1 week ago
An inquiry by the U.S. Department of Education into the curricular programming of a Middle East studies center supported by federal funds has raised alarm bells in academe.
Henry Reichman, the chair of the […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, The Hope Fund helps Palestinian students attend U.S. universities, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Growing up as a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon, Ibrahim Mohammad did what he could to help his father, who sold juice from a cart, support his family.
“I started working when I was 11,” Mohammad says. “Any […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Study provides insight into short-term labor market outcomes for graduates of community college bachelor degree programs, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Students who earn four-year degrees at community colleges in Canada earn on average 12 percent more two years after graduation than students who earn bachelor’s degrees at universities, according to a new an […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, University of the Bahamas deals with the damage and disruption from Dorian, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Exciting things were happening at the University of the Bahamas this year.
A new government program launched over the summer offers free tuition for Bahamian students who enroll full-time, plus a $500 monthly […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Palestinian student denied entry to U.S. gains admission to Harvard, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 months ago
A Palestinian student bound for Harvard University who was denied entry to the U.S. last month was able to enter the country on his second attempt Monday, shortly before the start of the university's academic […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Kansas professor indicted for allegedly failing to disclose appointment at Chinese university, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 months, 2 weeks ago
A professor at the University of Kansas was indicted Wednesday on federal fraud charges for allegedly failing to disclose a full-time employment contract he held with a Chinese university while conducting research […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Students and university-educated young people play central role in Hong Kong protests, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Young, university-educated people are at the center of the unfolding struggle in Hong Kong, where protesters temporarily shut the airport earlier this week in the latest development in a summer of protests set off […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, Colleges use small grants to develop new programs and expand their study abroad capacity, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Windward Community College administrators had long wanted to establish study abroad programs for students. But the small two-year college in Hawaii didn't have the infrastructure set up for it.
Things changed […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, New public charge rule has implications for higher education and students, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Trump administration published a final rule Monday making it harder for immigrants who have received certain public benefits such as food stamps, most forms of Medicaid and housing assistance to obtain […]
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Elizabeth Redden wrote a new post, University of Queensland signs controversial $50 million agreement to fund undergraduate programs in Western civilization, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 months, 3 weeks ago
A second Australian university has signed an agreement worth 50 million Australian dollars ($33.8 million) with a politically conservative foundation to offer programs in Western civilization, providing a rare i […]
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