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IRCC addresses concerns over document resubmission

The PIE News

My visa is valid until 2026, yet I was asked to submit all my documents again. “IRCC officers may ask individuals to provide additional information or documentation to confirm their enrolment status, they continued. “I was a bit shocked when I received the email.

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Student Expelled After Getting Scholarship With Fake Documents and AI-Written Essay

Inside Higher Ed

A Lehigh University student with a full scholarship pleaded guilty to a forgery change and was expelled after admitting online that he faked admissions documents and used ChatGPT to write his essay.

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How can UK universities avoid UKVI ‘action plans’?  

The PIE News

Recent news of the University of Glasgow and the education provider Study Group being placed on UKVI action plans has reignited concerns about visa fraud at UK institutions and called into question how universities can enhance compliance efforts.

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House Committee Seeks Documents From UCLA Over Antisemitism

Inside Higher Ed

House Education and Workforce Committee wants the University of California, Los Angeles, to turn over a batch of documents ahead of next week’s hearing about campus antisemitism.

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Trustee Resignation Letters Document the Evolution of Higher Ed

Inside Higher Ed

Trustee Resignation Letters Document the Evolution of Higher Ed jessica.blake@… Tue, 10/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Lauren Zalaznick, a former corporation member at Brown University, discusses what she learned from curating more than 250 years’ worth of exit reflections from board members at her alma mater. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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HK institution “enhances verification” after document forgery arrests

The PIE News

According to multiple sources in the Chinese press, police arrested two women aged 24 and 34 while they were trying to leave Hong Kong – one has been charged with forging documents, while the other is “still being detained under investigation”.

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Rice University should name buildings after Black figures, task force suggests

Higher Ed Dive

The recommendation is one of a dozen the group recently made in a 260-page report documenting the Texas college’s ties to slavery and racial injustice.