US staff fear drop in quality

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Over 40% of academics in the United States believe that their students do not have even the basic skills needed for university-level work, according to a survey of 40,670 professors at 421 universities. The survey also revealed that staff feel that efforts to increase diversity at universities are diluting the quality of students.

Education

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Tutors in despair at illiterate freshers

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A survey of staff from 16 Oxbridge, post-1992 and Russell Group institutions has found that undergraduates are entering university less literate, numerate and knowledgeable than ever before. The survey found that lecturers have to postpone courses in order to allow for remedial teaching.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Universities and colleges, Academic achievement, Literacy

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UCU action threatens to cause a lasting rift: 'There is more anti-Semitism in the UK than there is in Germany'

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Felix Frankfurter law professor of Harvard University presents his views on boycott of Israeli universities in United Kingdom

Israel, Government domestic functions, Executive changes & profiles, Evaluation, Officials and employees, Interview, Harvard University, Discrimination in education, Educational discrimination, Education policy, Frankfurter, Felix (professor)

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