AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoResearch Leadership: The University of Alabama at Birmingham has joined the Association of American Universities, becoming Alabama’s first member. Its research spending has grown to more than $915 million a year. Student Voice: Jamia Millia Islamia students won a commitment to restore their union by May 2027, after 18 days of protests and hunger strikes; the university also revoked disciplinary actions against protesters. AI Education: Ethiopia plans to establish an AI university in Addis Ababa and is seeking Russian partners for teaching and research, with a focus on developing local expertise and tools in African languages. Global Learning: The University of Nicosia’s free online blockchain course has reached more than 150,000 learners in 120-plus countries since 2014. Student Funding: Ontario university faculty leaders say the province offered no new postsecondary funding or student-aid changes in its fall economic statement, despite having the country’s lowest per-student university funding. Teaching Research: A University of Rhode Island project is training teachers in four districts to use students’ home languages to support multilingual learners.
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