Mais non! French universities may teach in English
In France, there's a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite. The National Assembly on Wednesday was taking up an education reform ...
Czech president settles dispute over gay rights
The Czech president says he will no longer block a university professorship for a gay rights activist who had been critical of him. Milos Zeman has ...
Czech president in dispute over gay rights
The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and ...
Security forces tear gas protesters in Ivory Coast
Security forces in Ivory Coast used teargas to disperse hundreds of students demonstrating Monday against overcrowded classrooms and empty libraries ...

Teen immigrant angst _ a factor in bombings?
Anna Tabakh didn't know a word of English. At age 5, a stranger in a strange land, she was en route with her parents from the Soviet Union to a new ...
Another Puerto Rico university official resigns
The president of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus has resigned just days after the presidents of the university's 10 other campuses did the ...

Blackstone founder creates $300M China scholarship
A U.S. private equity tycoon announced Sunday the establishment of a $300 million endowed scholarship program in China for students from around the ...

Boy Scouts propose to lift gay ban for youth
Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing ...

Pakistan's medical schools - where the women rule
In a lecture hall of one of Pakistan's most prestigious medical schools, a handful of male students sits in the far top corner, clearly outnumbered ...

London School of Economics denounces BBC tactics
One of Britain's leading academic institutions, the London School of Economics, is accusing the BBC of putting students at risk by using them as cover ...
Greece passes education reform amid protests
Greece's parliament has approved measures allowing the government to close or merge roughly one of every five faculties at universities and higher ...

Rise of Latino population blurs US racial lines
Welcome to the new off-white America. A historic decline in the number of U.S. whites and the fast growth of Latinos are blurring traditional ...

3 students set fire to themselves in Senegal
Three students set themselves on fire on the campus of Senegal's largest university on Friday to protest changes in the way credits are being counted ...

Researchers: Stonehenge started as huge graveyard
British researchers have proposed a new theory for the origins of Stonehenge: It may have started as a giant burial ground for elite families around ...

Obama nominates 3 to Cabinet-level posts
President Barack Obama signaled his willingness to tackle climate change with his pick of Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, ...

Emory president's essay draws criticisms
In recent years, Emory University made a point to acknowledge how the school was once led by slave owners, but an essay by the school president has ...

German education chief replaced after plagiarism
Germany has sworn in a new education minister after her predecessor stepped down over claims that she plagiarized parts of her doctoral thesis decades ...
White House releases college cost website
The White House is releasing a website designed to help college-bound students have a better sense of how much their education will cost and how much ...

German education minister quits in plagiarism case
Germany's education minister resigned Saturday after a university decided to withdraw her doctorate, finding that she plagiarized parts of her thesis ...

Class of 2012: Diploma dilemma for Europe grads
Estelle Borrell knew she wanted to work in law since she was a teenager, when she interned at a court in Versailles, France. "The lawyers in their ...

Liberal arts colleges forced to evolve with market
They're the places you think of when you think of "college" — leafy campuses, small classes, small towns. Liberal arts colleges are where students ...