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Why parents in Hong Kong and China use consultants to find US college places for their children

Consultants smooth the process of applying for university abroad, and the best ones find an institution that suits a student’s personality and talent. But there are rogue operators too, especially in China

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Police ramp up security at Aust'n university after gangs target Chinese students

A spate of attacks on Chinese students at Australias most prestigious university has prompted police to ramp up its security presence at the Melbourne campus.

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Harvard to honor slaves who worked on campus in 1700s

Harvard University plans to install a plaque next week honoring four slaves who worked on the campus in the 1700s, to acknowledge its role in slavery, the Ivy League university's president said on Wednesday.

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“Unhealthy” education system blamed for HK's recent suicides

​Hong Kong’s unhealthy education system has been blamed for the recent series of student suicides that rocked the community.

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CUHK steps up efforts to help students following another suicide

The Chinese University is to step up its counselling service under emergency measures worked out after the institution lost another of its students to suicide over the weekend.

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S. African minister calls for end to university protests

South African Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande on Monday urged university students to end protests and return to class.

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India's attempt to quash student dissent brings country's intolerance into focus

The students at India's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi are at war with the government. The confrontation started all of a sudden after Indian police arrested the student unions' president Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of sedition and declaring him "anti-national."

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Pakistan university reopens one month after deadly attack

A Pakistani university attacked last month by the Taliban reopened on Monday guarded by hundreds of police, highlighting a pervasive atmosphere of fear after the Islamist group vowed more strikes on schools.

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India's 1st railway university to come up in Gujarat

​Vadodara will be home to the country's first railway university, minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha has said.

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22 killed in university attack in Pakistan, Taliban group claims responsibility

At least 22 people were killed and over 40 others injured when an unknown number of gunmen stormed a university in Charsadda district of Pakistans northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday morning, local media reported.

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8 killed, over 50 injured in university attack in NW Pakistan

At least eight people were killed and over 50 others injured when an unknown number of gunmen stormed a university in Pakistan's northwest district of Charsadda on Wednesday morning, reported local media.

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1 dead after Mississippi campus shooting, shooter at large

​Local and federal law enforcement officials were searching a Mississippi university campus on Monday after an active shooter shot to death a male professor and left the campus on edge for hours.

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Shooting scare reported on U.S. campus one day after on-air killings in Virginia

​Mississippi State University on Thursday said a suspected shooter was taken into custody, just minutes after an alert was issued to tell students to seek shelter due to the active shooter situation.

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University system faces stronger oversight

The Ministry of Education will implement stronger scrutiny over the university system's leaders and impose harsher punishments for corruption, the country's top anti-graft agency said on Sunday.

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German researchers explore new approach for treating Alzheimer

German researchers have recently discovered a possibility to treat Alzheimer's disease with a drug for dermal disorder, Johannes Gutenberg university Mainz announced on Monday.

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Professor accused of affair with student resigns

A university professor who was sacked from his teaching post after being accused of having sex with a female student has resigned from the university, the school confirmed on Wednesday.

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Japan police encounter protests while raiding Kyoto University dorm

​Japanese police officers encountered student protests while raiding a Kyoto University dormitory in the city of Kyoto on Thursday, local media reported.