CraftersLand | A Minecraft Community Medical students turn to courts, government over internship row | The Post Durban - The implementation in February of a 9-year-old regulation that prohibits foreign-trained local medical students from doing their internships in South Africa has caused widespread alarm. Hundreds of disgruntled parents, medical graduates and students, together with members of the legal, justice and medical fraternity, have banded together to fight the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) regulation. The regulation, which has been in existence since 2009, forces graduates to complete their internship in their country of study before sitting for their tough SA board exams. Those who have studied abroad in countries such as Mauritius, China and Russia have been told by the HPCSA they would have to complete their internship there before writing the local exams that would enable them to practise here. However, those countries apparently would not allow them to complete their internships there due to their own policies, or work permit and residency issues.
Minecraft Purdue-Kaplan blurs the lines between public and for-profit colleges As far as universities go, Kaplan and Purdue could not have been more different. Kaplan University, which operated under parent company Graham Holdings, a $3.2 billion corporation, was part of the troubled for-profit college sector. Purdue is generally considered one of the best public universities in the United States and the world. Be that as it may, the two schools joined forces in a remarkable union that was formally approved this week by the Higher Learning Commission, the agency that accredits both institutions. The move enables Kaplan to shed its for-profit status and the stigma associated with it. In a sense, you might think of Kaplan as having married up. Many for-profit institutions have converted to nonprofit status, and vice versa. Leaving the for-profit sector It’s not hard to understand why Kaplan would want to ditch the for-profit label. Last year, Purdue agreed to take over Kaplan University as its online education arm. That school ended up being Kaplan University.
[International Education Week] UF honored for Internationalization Initiatives NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, announced today that the University of Florida has been selected as one of five institutions to receive the 2018 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization. The award will be formally presented during International Education Week on November 13 in Washington D.C. UF is being honored for its broad commitment to international education and research, grounded in its fundamental goals of preparing our students to meet the challenges of a globalized world, striving for faculty research excellence with a global impact, and advancing campus diversity. A key component of the effort is UF’s 2014 Quality Enhancement Plan, entitled “Learning without Borders: Internationalizing the Gator Nation,” which was presented as part of UF’s reaccreditation process. “We are pleased and proud to receive the 2018 Senator Paul Simon Award recognizing UF’s efforts in international education,” said UF President Kent Fuchs.
Sharp drop in international student visas worries some US colleges A sharp decline in the number of international student visas has many of America’s colleges and universities on edge — and some say the Trump administration’s tough stance on immigration might be partly to blame. The number of F-1 visas issued to foreign students seeking to attend college and other types of academic institutions in the United States decreased by 17% in the year that ended September 30, 2017, according to recent State Department data. “The current administration’s ‘America First’ mantra is causing [international students] a great deal of anxiety and fear,” said Earl Johnson, vice president of enrollment and student services at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. “Also, the cost of college tuition, on average, has gone up 40% in the last 10 years. That’s bad news for schools that have large international student populations. Johnson said his school has experienced declines in international enrollment for a few years now and it is starting to hurt revenue.
The H1B Visa Effect? Number Of Indian Students Going To US Drops By 27 Percent Among the first policies announced by US President Donald Trump after taking office in January 2017 was a crackdown on the issuing visas, including H1-B visas that are commonly used by Indian students in the US after completing their education. US Department of State statistics show that for the year ending September 30, 2017, around 27 percent less students visas were issued to India compared to the corresponding period under the previous Obama presidency. While in the September 2017 academic period 47,302 student visas were issued to Indians, in 2016, a total of 65,257 visas were issued. ALSO READ: Trump's Visa Policy Closes Doors In US, IITians Turn To Japan, Singapore, EU The drop in the number of student visas issued by the US was also visible amongst Chinese students, with a 24 percent drop in the number of student visas issued in 2017. ALSO READ: Won't Allow H1B Visa Holders To Replace Us Workers: Trump
Some U.S. colleges pinched by drop in foreign students While foreign-student enrollment remains solid at major universities with large populations of Chinese students, some smaller universities without international brand recognition, are concerned about a decline in the number of Chinese students, who comprise the largest number of foreign students in the U.S. Recent U.S. State Department data show that the number of visas issued to foreign students declined by 17 percent last year and is nearly 40 percent below its 2015 peak. The biggest decline in visa approvals in 2017 was seen among students from Asian countries, particularly China and India, which typically account for the largest number of F-1 visas. "This year, we see about a 2 percent decline in Chinese students' applications when I checked last month," said Bryant Priester, the director of international admissions and recruitment at Purdue University. "The decline in the number of international student visas is problematic," he said.
Foreign students studying in BSU visited Shamakhi - News-Baku Slavic University The "Novruz lecture" on "The genocide of Azerbaijanis in the memory of a hundred years" was held in Shamakhi by the Ministry of Education. The event was attended by Deputy Education Minister Firudin Gurbanov, head of Shamakhi District Executive Authority Asif Agayev, intellectuals, media leaders, NGO representatives, education experts and mass media representatives. At the same time, 30 foreign students, including the USA, Turkey, Russia, Iran, the Czech Republic, China and other countries studying at the higher education institutions attended the seminar. Lectures were attended by foreign students from Baku Slavic University, Chinese citizen Meng Fantao, students from Vietnam, Phuong Tran Viet Vietnam, and Pakistani citizen Hussain Sabir. Foreign students first visited the statue of national leader Heydar Aliyev, then a monument to the memory of the victims of the Shamakhi genocide, and dried sweets. share