After becoming the first foreign president of the prestigious Hosei University in March, Diana Khor has prioritized diversity on campus and fostering a spirit of globalization among the students. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/society/hosei-university-diana-khor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hoseiuniversity #dianakhor #education #universities #studyabroad

Glass & others say #universities depend on #InternationalStudents to help power #research projects, bolster their revenue & help expose domestic students to a broader array of #cultures & #ideas. Foreign students make up about 6% of enrollment at #US #colleges.

#Trump #law #immigration #AcademicFreedom #education #HigherEducation #BrainDrain

The number of newly enrolled #InternationalStudents in US #colleges dropped 17% this fall after the #Trump admin made it more challenging to obtain #StudentVisas [& jailed many legally here], data released Monday by the Institute of #International #Education shows.
The figures, based on a survey of >825 colleges & #universities, provide one of the clearest views of the potential impact of measures Trump’s admin has taken that make it more difficult for foreign students to come to the US.

#law

Update. Here's the announcement from the American Association of University Professors ( #AAUP), a co-plaintiff in the case.
https://www.aaup.org/news/win-aaup-v-trump-court-blocks-attacks-university-california-system

"Friday’s decision orders a stop to the Trump administration’s illegal weaponization of civil rights laws and federal funding to restrict free speech on UC campuses. During the hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, the court noted the overwhelming evidence plaintiffs provided, which included numerous declarations from UC faculty and staff describing how the administration’s actions have chilled their rights of speech and association."

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #UCalifornia #Universities

"Federal judge sides with #UCalifornia employees in free speech lawsuit against Trump administration."
https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/federal-judge-sides-with-uc-employees-in-free-speech-lawsuit-against-trump-administration/article_e3b28762-0801-49c7-ae1e-4f50c56d76a6.html

"In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the federal government to cease threats of withholding federal funding, as well as to 'address Plaintiffs’ irreparable harm and to restore the status quo.' "

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #AAUP #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #Universities

#MariaLeptin, president of the European Research Council (#ERC, @ERC_Research), spotlights two threats to #AcademicFreedom. One is the kind of direct ideological pressure from heads of state like Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump. The other is a more insidious "web of incentives" self-imposed by academics themselves, including pressure to publish in "high-impact journals".
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/international-news/web-incentives-research-funding-limit-academic-freedom

#Academia #DefendResearch #Incentives #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

More job-hunting university students in Japan secured informal job offers as of Oct. 1 than a year before amid a continued labor shortage, the labor and education ministries said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/14/economy/university-students-job-offers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #jobs #universities #students #jobhunting

#MariaLeptin, president of the European Research Council (#ERC, @ERC_Research), spotlights two threats to #AcademicFreedom. One is the kind of direct ideological pressure from heads of state like Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump. The other is a more insidious "web of incentives" self-imposed by academics themselves, including pressure to publish in "high-impact journals".
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/international-news/web-incentives-research-funding-limit-academic-freedom

#Academia #DefendResearch #Incentives #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

More than half a million people in South Korea sat for the country’s grueling university entrance exam on Thursday, causing flights to be halted for a half hour to lessen disturbances. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/asia-pacific/south-korea-student-tests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #education #universities #students

Abandoning these rankings is way overdue, IMHO:

"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x

Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!

#rankings #universities #prestige #academicchatter

Abandoning these rankings is way overdue, IMHO:

"The higher-education sector should collectively — and vocally — agree that the current rankings are not fit for purpose."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03636-x

Lizzie Gadd @lizziegadd is spot on, as always!

#rankings #universities #prestige #academicchatter

Excellent new paper.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820

"The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science; we need the most powerful members of the research community – funders, governments and Universities – to lead the drive to re-communalise publishing to serve science not the market…The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge."

#Assessment #Funders #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #Publishing #Universities

Excellent new paper.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820

"The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science; we need the most powerful members of the research community – funders, governments and Universities – to lead the drive to re-communalise publishing to serve science not the market…The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge."

#Assessment #Funders #OpenAccess #OpenInfrastructure #Publishing #Universities

Academic publishing may be about to see a major hole open up in its business model:

Publishers have used the free labour of academics (as editors, peer reviewers, and as writers) to subside their publications, which they then sell back to the academics' institutions.

But, I'm seeing increasing evidence of a growing backlash from early career academics unwilling to continue to be part of the exploitation.

Might there about to be a sea change in academic publishing?

#universities #publishing

More and more of Japan’s universities are moving toward teaching in English for all students in a bid to bring an international environment onto their campuses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/japan/more-japanese-universities-pushing-english-classes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universities #universityoftokyo #wasedauniversity #sophiauniversity #english #education