National Aug 24, 2021
Many Japanese university students say life not fulfilling amid pandemic
Lethargy, lack of motivation and concern for the future are troubling the nation's students, according to a recent poll.
World Apr 10, 2019
Hungary will not soften laws to allow George Soros college to stay
Hungary will not relax rules for international universities despite pressure from the European Union and offers from Germany to mediate in a row over a college founded by U.S. billionaire George Soros, the government spokesman said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a nationalist ...
Commentary / World Oct 31, 2017
Free college helps the rich the most
by Noah Smith
Making college free for all isn't the right way to insure poor students have access to higher education.
National Apr 4, 2017
University of Tokyo leads new Japan ranking of higher education institutions
by Mizuho Aoki
The University of Tokyo was crowned the nation’s top university for teaching and learning environments in a first-ever Japan ranking by the Times Higher Education magazine.
Issues | LEARNING CURVE Jul 27, 2016
What to expect when applying for college overseas
by Michael Hassett
In a few weeks, my daughter, an American-Japanese dual national born, raised and mostly educated in Japanese in Japan, will begin her first year of higher learning at her dream school — Middlebury College, one of America's oldest liberal arts institutes. Located in the midst ...
World / Crime & Legal Aug 27, 2015
Accuser, 16, runs from court as prep school rape defendant, 19, claims consensual contact
A former student on trial for rape in a case that has cast a harsh light on the culture of an elite New Hampshire prep school testified on Wednesday that he had a consensual sexual encounter with his 15-year-old accuser that stopped short of ...
Commentary / World Feb 10, 2015
Obama's gamble on free community college
by Robert J. Samuelson
Is U.S. President Barack Obama's proposal to make community college free mostly an exercise in political brand management?
National Jan 17, 2015
The annual unified college entrance examinations began across the nation on Saturday, with nearly 560,000 applicants and a record-high 849 public and private schools taking part. The two-day exams mark the start of this year's contest among students seeking entrance to four- and two-year university ...
Commentary / World Jul 16, 2014
Speech rules turn college into no-thought zone
by Virginia Postrel
In the U.S., vague bans on "offensive" language and other "politically correct" measures that most people think of when they imagine college speech codes are increasingly being joined by quarantine policies that restrict all student speech, regardless of its content.
National Mar 22, 2013
College students get global outlook in dorm life
by Tomoko Arima
With calls growing for universities in Japan to generate graduates well-prepared for the era of globalization, an increasing number of them are establishing "international dormitories" where Japanese students live together with foreign students. Kenichi Tasai, a 20-year-old sophomore at International Christian University in Mitaka, Tokyo, ...