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Facilitating face-to-face discussions key to ensuring students can have tricky conversations, says founder of new viewpoint diversity centre

New target for study permits down to 150,000 a year as Carney’s government shows little sign of reducing pressure on overseas enrolments

As President Donald Trump deploys National Guard troops to American cities and ICE arrests pick up, some international scholars are opting out of U.S. travel.

The Trump administration forced significant changes and a fine at Columbia but won limited concessions from Virginia and remains in legal battles with Harvard and UCLA.

Country urged to invest in education at time of upheaval, as vice-chancellor claims student caps ‘inconsistent’ with global leadership ambitions

US climate scientist wins Maddox Prize after highlighting attempts to downplay findings about human-caused warming

Complaining about professors from China, Europe and “supposed Palestine,” the Republican governor called for his state’s public universities to end the use of the visa program. A union leader called his comments a “xenophobic and nativist diatribe.”

Historically Black college and university leaders say security is a priority after terroristic threats last month and shootings on campuses in recent weeks.

Test scores are a much better predictor of academic progress than school grades – and students need a realistic assessment, says David Blobaum 

Former Canadian opposition leader Michael Ignatieff says no sector secure after what has happened in the US

Multiple programs had their grants terminated for saying they hoped to enroll roughly equal numbers of male and female students, leaving high schoolers without college-access resources at the start of the admissions cycle.