马里兰州蒙哥马利郡校董会考虑将中文教学加入当地高中课堂

Mon 11 September 2017 12:00 am

roanoke.com:   A suggestion to teach Chinese in high schools is resonating with some members of the Montgomery County School Board. The request was made at a meeting last week during which a small group of speakers commented to the board about the growing demand to learn the language.

华裔校长：想申名校需早做准备，全面发展是关键

Mon 11 September 2017 12:00 am

China News:   纽约知名高中校长指出，好大学录取率屡创历史新低，华裔学生要在这“千军万马过独木桥”中脱颖而出，不仅要“从高中第一天就开始计划”，而且不应只注重学习成绩，唯有全面发展且特色突出，才有机会打动名校招生官。

马萨诸塞大学安姆斯特分校学生要求恢复性别中立卫生间

Sun 10 September 2017 12:00 am

recorder.com:   It didn’t take long for students moving into Baker Hall on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus last weekend to notice that a specific floor that caters to LGBTQ people had lost its gender-inclusive multistall bathroom. After serving as an all-gender bathroom last school year, university officials removed the “All Gender” sign over the summer and converted it back to a women’s bathroom to bring the university into compliance with the state’s plumbing code.

加州大学洛杉矶分校被《泰晤士报高等教育专刊》评为美国第一公立大学

Tue 05 September 2017 8:00 am

UCLA Newsroom:   UCLA has been named the nation’s top public university in the 2017–18 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, published today. The report also ranked UCLA No.11 among all American universities—public or private—and No. 15 worldwide. The publication ranked 1,102 of the world’s leading research universities, drawing on 195 data points.

中国留学生在美“代人”上课，被认定诚信问题遭遣返

Tue 05 September 2017 12:00 am

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圣约翰预科学校宣布：冰桶挑战发起人Pete Frates为本校2018年杰出校友

Mon 04 September 2017 12:00 am

The News Observer:   The man who inspired the ice bucket challenge has been honored by the Roman Catholic prep school he attended in Massachusetts. St. Johns Prep on Wednesday announced Pete Frates (FRAY'-tees) as its 2018 Distinguished Alumnus.

哥伦比亚大学学生展示房地产行业新兴技术与服务

Mon 04 September 2017 12:00 am

Realty Biz News:   Columbia University said its inaugural “Hacking for Real Estate Technology” course concluded this month with a number of student-led presentations pitching their newly-developed real estate technology ideas.

卡尔顿学院迎来2021届新生, 其中26名来自中国

Mon 04 September 2017 12:00 am

carleton.edu:   On Tuesday, Sept. 5, Carleton College welcomes the Class of 2021 to campus; the 526 students were selected from a pool of 6,502 applicants. The incoming students represent 46 states and 21 countries (eleven percent are international residents), with 81 students coming from Minnesota, followed by California (61), Illinois (41), Massachusetts (30), Texas (27), and New York (26). Twenty-six students hail from China.

波士顿大学或将和当地惠洛克学院合并

Mon 04 September 2017 12:00 am

boston.com:   In a joint statement Tuesday, Boston University and nearby Wheelock College announced they were discussing a possible merger. “We believe the merger will enhance Boston University’s programs, as well as preserve the mission of Wheelock College to improve the lives of children and families,” the two schools said. Wheelock is a private college of roughly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students, which houses schools focused on education, social work, and arts and sciences. It is located along the Fens, bordering Brookline, less than a mile south from BU’s campus.

中国留学生托福作弊遭遣返，专家称惩处力度之大属罕见，恐再难入境

Sun 03 September 2017 9:00 am

nbd.com:   今年5月，四名中国留学生因为托福替考被美国警方抓捕，并被控涉嫌串谋欺骗美国政府罪。近日，其中一名学生被判罪名成立，并被驱逐出境。留学专家分析，此次是负责托福考试的美国教育考试服务中心（ETS）申请美国移民局直接发起调查，而移民局随即向联邦法院提出了指控，最后根据联邦法律宣判遣返，规格之高实属罕见。而且身背串谋欺骗美国政府罪，所以今后这几名学生可能很难再入境美国。