Dear All, OACAC is continuing its inauguration of tours this year with a members tour of Vermont and Western Massachussetts. Deatils can be obtained by emailing Ellyn Levin at ellyn.levin@ecolint.ch and Ellyn will happily field any questions that you may have. Please note that, as for the London tour, places are limited and she will operate a [...]
March 10, 2010
SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL ADMISSIONS Boston University, a private teaching and research university of approximately 16,000 undergraduate students, invites applications for the position of Senior Associate Director of International Admissions. The Senior Associate Director of International Admissions is responsible for developing and implementing a strategic recruitment plan that [...]
Read Full Post...March 10, 2010
Posting: Elementary Counselor The American International School of Bucharest (AISB), a well known, established international school in Romania has a 1 year maternity leave position available for 2010-2011. Certification or license in guidance counseling and experience with elementary school students required. For details of the very competitive salary and benefits [...]
Read Full Post...March 8, 2010
As conference planning continues, I know many of you are wondering when registration will go live. We are still trying to manage some technical difficulties, but I assure you that there is room at Northeastern University for the entire OACAC family, so no need to worry. As you must be an OACAC member in order to [...]
Read Full Post...March 8, 2010
NCAA Eligibility Center 101 Date: March 10, 2010 Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time Duration: 60 minutes Cost: $30 Member/$40 Nonmember Register Now. This Webinar is the first in a series of initiatives being carried out by NACAC’s NCAA Advisory Board and the staff of the NCAA Eligibility Center in an effort to better serve the young men and women who are interested in [...]
Read Full Post...February 26, 2010
February 26, 2010 By Cameron R. Hume The recently released annual “Open Doors” report on the number of international students in the United States made headlines. The data showed that a record number of students from abroad — 671,616 — were studying on American campuses in the 2008-9 academic year. The report in general was good news [...]
Read Full Post...February 12, 2010
Lord Mandelson, who as Britain’s business secretary has pushed deep budget cuts and other policy changes opposed by many academic leaders, fought back Thursday with a speech in which he said higher education was not receiving more than its share of cuts and that academics needed to be more open to change, The Guardian reported. [...]
Read Full Post...February 10, 2010
The Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday issued a statement denouncing Monday night’s disruptions at the University of California at Irvine of a speech by Israel’s ambassador and suggested that a pattern was emerging of “undemocratic, bullying, confrontational tactics” to block Israeli views from being heard. At Irvine, students were arrested for repeatedly interrupting the ambassador’s talk. [...]
Read Full Post...February 10, 2010
The following email was sent by David Allen, President of OACAC, to the Minister about the developments in the UK higher education community: Dear Sir, I write to you today, not as a constituent, but as the leader of an organisation charged with advising students in thier transition to higher education. The UK has long been a [...]
Read Full Post...February 10, 2010
Universities across the country are preparing to axe thousands of teaching jobs, close campuses and ditch courses to cope with government funding cuts, the Guardian has learned. Other plans include using post-graduates rather than professors for teaching and the delay of major building projects. The proposals have already provoked ballots for industrial action at a number [...]
Read Full Post...February 10, 2010
Fears resurfaced yesterday that tens of thousands of young people will miss out on university places in the autumn as figures showed that applications have increased by a record 23 per cent. By January 22, the deadline for applications, 570,556 people had applied for higher education places, up by 106,389 from the same time a year [...]
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