Day: November 11, 2021

Del State host first-ever HBCU Aviation Directors’ Summit

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DESU NEWS In what attendees said was long overdue in taking place, Delaware State University’s Aviation Program recently hosted the first-ever HBCU Aviation Directors’ Summit. The two-day summit represented the first time directors from aviation programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S. had ever come together to discuss their challenges and share ideas for their flight training and aviation management programs. “The purpose was to collaborate and share best practices, learn about new programs in the military and with different airlines that are interested in doing business with…

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Students to Return to Class After Cameroon University Bombing

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Voice of America/Moki Edwin Kindzeka On Thursday, fewer than 2,000 of the 14,000 students enrolled at the University of Buea showed up for class, a day after about a dozen students were injured when police say someone set off an explosive device at the school in western Cameroon. The governor of Cameroon’s southwest region, Bernard Okalia Bilai, urged everyone to return, saying the military has been deployed to protect students and staff members. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the government blames separatist groups. Buea is an…

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Does the teaching of indigenous knowledge need to be examined?

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New Zealand’s embrace of Māori vocabulary goes hand-in-hand with the incorporation of Māori understandings into curricula. But is a debate about the unintended consequences of this move being stifled by fear of speaking out? John Ross reports Culled from Times Higher Education Source: Getty The University of Auckland’s adoption of a new Māori name in July was the latest instalment in a reconciliation process that has been unfolding across New Zealand for half a century.  The old moniker Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau was a literal translation of the university’s English title. The replacement, Waipapa…

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ACE Impact mulls strategy to solve higher education challenges in Africa

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By Opeyemi Babalola and Moyosore Salami Towards enhancing quality of higher education in Africa, the Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) has decided to implement solutions discussed at the 6th ace impact regional workshop held virtually today, November 11. Watch Video of ACE Workshop https://twitter.com/i/status/1452600296404832256 The virtual conference had the presence of the 53 Centres of Excellence and key stakeholders, including government representatives from participating countries, vice-chancellors, players of the higher education sector, the private sector, policy think tanks, and partners, including the World Bank,…

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