The reason behind these proposed restrictions are spying and intellectual property theft by Chinese nationals, who study at American universities and colleges.
Topic: students
Are Students & Professors At Cross Purposes
A new survey suggests they are. As relayed by Martin Kich on the academe blog maintained by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), most professors (60%) think insufficient funding is the overriding issue affecting…
Students Sing the Lord’s Prayer at Graduation, a Tradition, in Response to a Threatened Lawsuit
The Freedom from Religion Foundation threatened a lawsuit over the 70-year-old tradition of singing the Lord’s Prayer at graduation, after which students sang it anyways.
Univ. of Wisconsin Student Papers: Negative Scott Walker Op-Eds outnumber Positive Ones by 3-to-1 Ratio
The College Fix did a count of op-eds in the University of Wisconsin newspapers and found out that there was a 3-to-1 ratio of negative op-eds of Governor Scott Walker than positive ones.
University of California’s Star-Spangled BAN-ner
There’s a new f-word at the University of California at Irvine: FLAG. Higher education is teaching students to think critically all right — about their own country. In a head-shaking move even by California standards,…
University of Michigan Schedules Final Exams on Dec. 23, Squeezing Winter Break
A major problem is that Michigan law doesn’t allow state colleges to start school before Labor Day, which the university said was why they pushed the last day of final exams to December 23rd. Students…
OOPS! Carnegie Mellon accidentally sends out 800 Student Admittance Letters
That’s a big no-no for universities. Now 800 students who were not going to be admitted to the university, but thought they would be, are still not going to Carnegie Mellon.
Cornell Students Still Upset over $350 Fee over Healthcare
ObamaCare for Students isn’t working out for Cornell, which has seen significant protests on campus and in writing about the $350 fee for not buying the university’s healthcare plan.
Wash U Targets Conservative Students
Washington University in St. Louis is charging conservative students over $800 for vandalism they did not commit.
Schools fight drugs–with spirit days
No one can deny that drug use is a problem in schools today. And because drug use is so prevalent in schools, many schools have been trying to fight it.