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Helpful Apps to Download for Your Study Abroad Experience

AIFS Abroad

If you are staying in Europe, South Africa, or parts of Latin America, you should be able to take Bolt should Uber not be working for whatever reason. Travel content is consistently popular on the app, particularly when there’s engaging video of breathtaking scenic views combined with a “day in the life” type of narrative.

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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

Confessions of a Community College Dean

He also donated over $35,000 to the law school—a substantial sum at the time—and gave more to the university throughout his life. “The honor of my family has been insulted,” he said. But contract or no contract, Smith said he’s going to “fight for my family’s name and respect.”

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Manhattanville cuts tenured faculty, freezes programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“Manhattanville is continuously monitoring, evaluating, and seeking to understand and adjust the academic curriculum and overall campus life to the needs of today’s students,” Louise Feroe, interim president, said in a related announcement. Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., ” Alexander wrote.

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3 Places to Study Abroad in Latin America this Spring 

AIFS Abroad

Discover the true meaning of pura vida (the Costa Rican way of life) by experiencing “Tico” culture firsthand. Some environmental studies courses include lab work or field trips to bring you closer to Costa Rica’s diverse ecology. “My .” — William M., AIFS Abroad in Chile alum. Learn More about Studying Abroad in Chile.

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3 Questions on UT Austin’s New $10K Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation I’m totally psyched about the newly announced master of science in artificial intelligence (MSAI) degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Perfect for working adults. These technologies have many potential applications, but only if there are enough trained professionals to do the work.

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How do we enable transformative university transitions?

SRHE

Using yearly interviews with 40 home, undergraduate full-time students who started their studies in 2013/2014, my research at an English northern red brick university (NRBU) focused on how students understood, and made sense of, their experiences of student life as they moved into, through, and beyond university. I absolutely loved Uni.

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Interview with Robert T. Tally Jr. on historicizing 'The Hobbit'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

That said, this student of Tolkien had at least one salient critical premise: more can be going on in a work of literary fantasy than just make-believe. avoids reductive shortcuts while also presenting Tolkien’s first work of fiction as deeply historical. What, in sum, is he missing?

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