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International graduates found to earn less than Canadian peers

The PIE News

However, [this] does not necessarily explain the difference in income observed at the masters and doctoral levels, wrote Etmanski, highlighting that a large proportion of international graduates at this level worked in the natural and applied sciences, where incomes are higher than average. Source: Statistics Canada.

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Campus sustainability: Where the U.S. lands in the world rankings

University Business

The UI GreenMetric World University Rankings measured sustainability efforts and institutional improvements at nearly 1,500 institutions in 95 countries. Each school was graded on attention to climate change, clean energy, water conservation, waste recycling, green transportation and sustainability education and research.

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Netherlands to cut international student budget by €300m

The PIE News

Representing 14 universities across the Netherlands, van den Berg said that the institutions were “very concerned” about the plans, which risk the Netherlands losing its leading position as a knowledge economy as well as decimating universities’ finances.

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India a ‘target country’ for Finland’s Talent Boost program

The PIE News

India is one of the target countries for our Talent Boost program , which aims at attracting students to Finnish universities and other institutions but also experts to Finnish companies, Lhdevirta told The PIE News. Students from India who study in Finnish institutions usually go for science and technology courses, said Lhdevirta.

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Netherlands: a third of international grads stay to work

The PIE News

Lucette Roovers, director of global engagement at Breda University of Applied Sciences , told The PIE the “stay rate” of international students has been a focal point of the ongoing international student debate in the Netherlands. Previously, only around 20% of international students did so.

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Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects

Faculty Focus

In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators. Dr. Paul Acquaro is a lecturer at FOM University of Applied Science for Economics and Management in Berlin and an adjunct assistant professor teaching online with New York Universitys School of Professional Studies.

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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. This effort is one of several seed investment programs by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS).to