Friday, August 28, 2020

#ScholarStrike

 #ScholarStrike

Professors are planning a work stoppage and virtual, public teach-in on police violence and racism next month. »

Monday, August 17, 2020

" No Turkish universities rank in top 100 of global higher education survey

 No Turkish universities rank in top 100 of global higher education survey

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None of the universities in Turkey made it into the top 100 of the “Shanghai Ranking” in 2020, while eleven higher education institutions made it in the ranking that surveys some 2,000 colleges worldwide.

Istanbul University was the highest-ranking Turkish university in Shanghai Ranking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2020, ranking in the 400s out of the top thousand schools.

Istanbul’s Hacettepe University followed in the 600s along with Istanbul Technical University, followed by İzmir’s Dokuz Eylül and Ege universities.

Ankara University, Ankara’s Bilkent University, Middle Eastern Technical University (ODTÜ) and Gazi University also ranked in the list.

Central Anatolian Kayseri’s Erciyes University and Istanbul’s Marmara University followed.

Ivy-league Harvard University, Stanford University and United Kingdom’s Cambridge University were the top three schools in the Shanghai Ranking.

Thursday, August 6, 2020

"Felsefe, YÖK Destek Bursları kapsamına alındı

Yükseköğretim Kurulu (YÖK), lisans düzeyinde felsefe programlarını “YÖK Destek Bursu” kapsamına dahil etti. Bu programa ilk 15 tercihinde yer vererek ilk 3 sırada yerleşen başarılı öğrencilere, karşılıksız 800 TL burs verilecek.

YÖK’ten yapılan yazılı açıklamada, “Üniversitelerimizde felsefe eğitiminin desteklenmesi ve güçlendirilmesi gerekmektedir” denildi. Devlet üniversitelerinde bu programa ilk 15 tercihinde yer vererek ilk 3 sırada yerleşen başarılı öğrencilere, öğrenimleri boyunca yıllık 12 ay üzerinden karşılıksız 800 TL burs verilecek. YÖK’ten yapılan yazılı açıklamada, Kurul tarafından son yıllarda rasyonel...

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