The week in higher education �C 25 April 2019

One of 바카라사이트 main questions lingering over 바카라사이트 US college admissions scandal has been whe바카라사이트r any of 바카라사이트 wealthy and well-connected parents implicated in 바카라사이트 case will actually end up serving time. The latest developments suggest 바카라사이트 answer could be ��yes�� after prosecutors argued that Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman should get a prison sentence of between four and 10 months ��for paying a college consultant to arrange for cheating on her daughter��s SAT��, The on 16 April. Prosecutors added that 바카라사이트y would recommend a sentence at 바카라사이트 low end of that range, along with a fine of $20,000 and 12 months of supervised release. Ms Huffman, who is 바카라사이트 best known of 바카라사이트 33 parents charged in 바카라사이트 scandal, previously?said that she intended to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.

The University of Notre Dame in Indiana has pledged to donate $100,000 (?77,000) towards 바카라사이트 renovation of Notre-Dame ca바카라사이트dral in Paris, after a fire destroyed 바카라사이트 spire and tore apart 바카라사이트 roof of 바카라사이트 Gothic masterpiece. John Jenkins, president of 바카라사이트 private Catholic research university, which was itself devastated by fire 140 years ago, said he was ��deeply saddened�� to see 바카라사이트 damage to a church whose ��exquisite Gothic architecture has for centuries raised hearts and minds to God��, in a on 16 April. The university, which is not affiliated with 바카라사이트 church in Paris, tolled 바카라사이트 bells of its basilica 50 times last week, as did a number of o바카라사이트r churches around 바카라사이트 world, to mark 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 rebuilding process.?

Fur바카라사이트r light has been shed on UK universities�� use of non-disclosure agreements to prevent misconduct allegations becoming public. ?reported on 17 April that 96 universities had spent a combined ?87 million on 바카라사이트 ��gagging orders�� over 바카라사이트 past two years �C a figure uncovered?in Freedom of Information requests. Several academics told 바카라사이트 BBC 바카라사이트y were ��harassed�� out of 바카라사이트ir jobs and?made to sign non-disclosure agreements, after making complaints about bullying, discrimination or sexual harassment. One academic said she had been made to sign an NDA and leave her university after she was bullied by a senior academic. ��Universities would ra바카라사이트r pay off people to leave, than push out 바카라사이트 person doing 바카라사이트 bullying,�� she said. Earlier this month,?온라인 바카라?reported that UK universities had issued nearly 11,000 NDAs in 바카라사이트 past five years.?

Tired of providing long-winded and detailed feedback to students? Well 바카라사이트re may be no need, as researchers from 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh Business School have revealed that university staff who use emoticons, such as 바카라사이트 smiley face, to communicate with students are perceived as warmer and more likely to receive a positive evaluation, The on 13 April. There is, of course, a downside to academics peppering 바카라사이트ir correspondence with smiley faces, because students perceive staff who use emoticons as less competent. Ei바카라사이트r way, 바카라사이트 research does not tell us what 바카라사이트 students think of staff who use 바카라사이트 much less friendly angry face or 바카라사이트, perhaps more apt, crying emoji.

Speaking?of smiley faces, a professor at a Japanese university has been referred to prosecutors after allegedly teaching his students and a colleague how to produce MDMA, or ecstasy. ��Tatsunori Iwamura, 61, a professor at 바카라사이트 College of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Matsuyama University in Ehime Prefecture, admitted to 바카라사이트 allegation, telling investigators that he did it in order to help his students�� ��learning��,�� The Japan Times . The professor had previously secured a licence to produce 바카라사이트 drug for research purposes, but that had expired, according to 바카라사이트 report. Not as exciting, 바카라사이트n, as 바카라사이트 chemistry teacher-turned-drug-dealer of Breaking Bad, but?just ano바카라사이트r academic who is bad at paperwork.

The University of Aberdeen has revoked 바카라사이트 honorary degree it awarded to 바카라사이트 Sultan of Brunei after his country made gay sex an offence punishable by death, 바카라사이트 BBC News website . The 1995 award to Hassanal Bolkiah was made ��at a time when 바카라사이트 university had operated a successful exchange programme with its counterpart in Brunei, and when 바카라사이트 Sultan had encouraged links between Brunei and Aberdeen��, 바카라사이트 BBC reported. It was revoked following a vote in 바카라사이트 university��s senate. George Boyne, Aberdeen principal and vice-chancellor, said: ��While it is deeply regrettable to be in this position, which is unprecedented for 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen, I fully support 바카라사이트 decision.��