http://new.oacac.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:23:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/03/10/bu-has-a-job-for-u/ 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/03/10/unusual-job-opportunity-1-year-elementary-counselor-needed/ 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/03/08/conference-update-and-news-items/ 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/03/08/ncaa-webinar/ 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/02/26/indonesias-potential/ 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/02/12/british-academics-attacked-for-opposing-budget-cuts/ 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/02/10/campus-disruptions-of-israelis-speeches-criticized/ 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/02/10/send-an-email-to-the-minister-about-uk-developments/ 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/02/10/thousands-to-lose-jobs-as-universities-prepare-to-cope-with-cuts/ 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 ... http://new.oacac.com/2010/02/10/thousands-may-miss-out-after-record-rise-in-university-applications/