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Many Asian-Americans feel excluded from "true" US identity, survey finds
22+ hour, 26+ min ago (203+ words) Half of Americans link national identity to birthplace, but just 23 per cent of Asian-Americans agree, highlighting concerns over belonging and bias Matt King, a 34-year-old graphic designer living in New York, has long grappled with his identity as the son…...
Uganda kindergarten murderer sentenced to death
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (190+ words) The Uganda-American man killed 4 children aged 15 months to two-and-a-half years in what he believed to be a "human sacrifice" A Ugandan-American man was sentenced to death on Thursday over the murders of four young children he stabbed to death at…...
Japan's higher education sector faces reckoning as student pool shrinks
1+ day, 57+ min ago (210+ words) The potential abolition of so many universities is a "dramatic move" that analysts warn will affect thousands of students and teachers University insiders broadly agree that Japan has too many small, private tertiary institutions battling enrolment shortfalls and financial pressures,…...
Back to the factory? China to retrain 1 million jobless graduates as technicians
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (395+ words) South China Morning Post Beijing has pledged to expand vocational training for young jobseekers this year, as it looks to help millions of unemployed graduates find work in emerging industries such as robotics and AI. But the policy drive " which…...
Ed UHK Prof Hans Ladegaard Affirms Language and Linguistics as Vital Human Capacities Amid the AI Tide
1+ week, 1+ day ago (746+ words) South China Morning Post [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] While artificial intelligence can translate between languages in milliseconds and produce grammatically correct prose on demand, Prof Hans Ladegaard, Head of the Department of…...
Hong Kong eases enrolment rules for merged schools amid declining student numbers
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (224+ words) Education Bureau offers relief to merged secondary schools, with three-year waiver on survival plans and additional resources Hong Kong's education authorities will relax rules for under-enrolled public secondary schools that merge with others in a bid to encourage consolidation amid…...
Brown University shooter targeted symbolic victims tied to grievances: FBI
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (228+ words) Claudio Neves Valente appeared to target places and people he associated with personal failure, missed opportunity and perceived injustice Federal investigators say they believe the man who carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and later killed a Massachusetts…...
Hong Kong education portal under fire for low readership among teachers, students
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (201+ words) Executive director of Hong Kong Education City tells Audit Commission that low usage is due to city's shrinking student population A Hong Kong government-funded online portal that provides resources for teachers and school students has failed to meet its user…...
Youth hostel scheme falls short as only 44% of expected flats available: audit
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (186+ words) Audit Commission review finds only 1, 326 flats offered at two hotels in operation, fewer than half of 3, 000 expected from seven facilities Hong Kong authorities have failed to meet targets on the supply and construction of youth hostels, with the number of…...
Hong Kong breaks ground on third medical school's interim complex, 7 profs hired
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (243+ words) Chief Executive John Lee hails school's strategic role in turning city into healthcare and talent hub and aligning with country's 15th five-year plan A university in Hong Kong that is establishing the city's third medical school has broken ground for an…...
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