Ian Wilhelm
Assistant Managing Editor, Chronicle Intelligence
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Ian Wilhelm is a deputy managing editor at The Chronicle.
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Israel Plans to Double Enrollment of Ultra-Orthodox Students
Israel plans to spend about $47-million to double the college enrollment of ultra-Orthodox Jewish students to 12,000 by 2017, reports Ynet News. Twelve new campuses for the students will be built near existing colleges. They will offer similar courses as the host institutions but maintain a strict… -
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Mexican Police Raid 3 Campuses to Shut Down Student Protests
Police raided three teachers’ colleges in western Mexico on Monday after dozens of students had taken over campuses to protest changes in the curriculum, reports the Associated Press. The takeovers started over a week ago to protest the colleges’ plans to require English and computer-science… -
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Sri Lanka’s Campuses Reopen as Faculty Strike Ends
Public universities in Sri Lanka reopened on Monday after the government agreed to terms with striking faculty members, reports the Colombo Page. The country’s Higher Education Ministry shut down the campuses in August, when negotiations stalled between the ministry and the Federation of University… -
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Nigerian University Closes After Lynching of 4 Students
The University of Port Harcourt, in southern Nigeria, has been shut down because of violent student protests following the lynching of four students by local villagers, reports the BBC. The four were accused of stealing laptops and mobile phones from people in the village of Aluu, a charge that the… -
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Chinese Couple Sues U.S. Education Consultant for Breach of Contract
A Chinese couple is suing an American education consultant to whom the two allegedly gave more than $2-million on promises to get their sons into an Ivy League institution, reports The Boston Globe. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Boston, Gerald and Lily Chow have accused Mark… -
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A University’s Name Change in Afghanistan Sparks Violent Protests
The second-largest university in the Afghan capital of Kabul has been rocked by student protests and violence after President Hamid Karzai’s decision to change its name from the Kabul Education University to the Martyr of Peace Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani University, reports The New York Times.… -
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Classes Are Set to Resume at American U. in Cairo
The American University in Cairo will resume classes Wednesday after administrators agreed to student demands that a tuition increase be smaller than planned, reports the Egypt Independent. Students had been demonstrating since mid-September to protest the increase and other concerns, effectively… -
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Gunmen Kill at Least 20 in Attack on Nigerian Students
Gunmen in northeastern Nigeria have killed at least 20 people, most of them students at the Federal Polytechnic Mubi, reports the BBC. The attack occurred at a student hostel off campus, in the town of Mubi in northeast Nigeria. A spokesman for the country’s National Emergency Management Agency… -
NewsLeader of Duke’s New Kunshan Campus Is a Longtime Observer of China
Mary Brown Bullock, a visiting professor in China studies at Emory University, began working on academic exchanges with China in the mid-1970s. -
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Israeli Court Upholds Ban on Gaza Students’ Study in West Bank
Israel’s top court upheld on Monday the government’s decision to not allow four female master’s students from the Gaza Strip to study at Birzeit University, in the West Bank, reports Haaretz. Since 2000, Israel has barred Gaza residents from traveling to study in the other Palestinian territory,…
