Top Regent Defends Firing of Wisconsin University Leader
In testimony before state lawmakers, regents suggested that Jay O. Rothman had been well aware of the board’s concerns about his leadership.
FRIDAY, 10 APRIL 2026, 00:27
In testimony before state lawmakers, regents suggested that Jay O. Rothman had been well aware of the board’s concerns about his leadership.
A cloud of doubt casts a wide shadow.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala — The UNICEF Representative to Uganda, Dr. Robin Nandy, has condemned the violent attacks targeting children across the country.

Student Finance England tells about 22,000 students their universities wrongly told them they were eligible
More than 20,000 university students in England who received government maintenance loans and grants worth thousands of pounds have been told they will have to pay them back because their universities wrongly told them they were eligible for the money.
About 22,000 students studying for...
Hugh T. Clements Jr. was a fixture of the Providence Police Department before becoming Brown’s interim chief after the fatal attack in December.
[Ghanaian Times] A community whose livelihoods were affected following the redesignation of the site.
[Ghanaian Times] Poor nutrition and limited parental support is hampering the ability of children in Ghana to achieve their educational goals, the Co-founder and Executive Director of Learning Masterminds, Dr Mama Laryea, has stated.
[Ghanaian Times] The government has been urged to prioritise the implementation of inclusive education to ensure that children with special needs are accepted and given access to quality education. It is against this backdrop that the Chief Executive Officer of the Liztino Centre, Mrs Angel Bertino, stressed the need for government to enforce inclusive education policies across the country.
[Liberian Observer] The Nathan F. Reeves Charity Memorial High School campus in Paynesville was decorated in blue and white for a celebration Tuesday morning. It was a special occasion where NHSS organizers delivered on a historic promise to recognize greatness.
[Vanguard] University of Ibadan, Prof. Olufemi Bamiro, has called for urgent collaboration between government, universities and the private sector to advance postgraduate education in Nigeria, describing such partnership as critical to national development.
[Nile Post] Makerere University’s decision to enforce virtual guild campaigns may appear prudent on the surface, but it risks becoming a convenient substitute for confronting a deeper institutional failure. Instead of treating the root causes of election violence, the university is, quite literally, plugging the anus while the diarrhoea persists.
[Premium Times] According to a notice issued by the chapter Chairperson, Jurbe Molwus, a professor, the strike takes effect on Wednesday, 8 April and will continue until the salaries are paid.
A new study from Gallup found that young adults have grown less hopeful and more angry about artificial intelligence.
The progressive and popular Twitch streamer, who is controversial with some Democrats, tests his political influence on the 2026 campaign trail.

High levels of borrowing and rapid expansion among dangers identified by Higher Education Policy Institute
Many English universities are taking excessive financial risks that threaten not only their own survival but that of others in the sector, a thinktank has warned.
High levels of borrowing at some institutions and rapid expansion of student numbers are among the dangers identified in a...
The investigation into the nation’s second-largest school district was prompted by a lawsuit from parents who say the policies contributed to their child’s death.
[The Point] At least 69 medical students of the University of The Gambia have been formally inducted into clinical training after donning their white coats in a colourful and symbolic ceremony held over the weekend in Kanifing.
[Ghanaian Times] Ecobank Ghana has donated 100 HP laptops to the University of Ghana, supporting the Vice Chancellor’s (VC) ‘One Student, One Laptop’ project aimed at providing brilliant but needy students with internet tools to facilitate academic learning.
[Ghanaian Times] The Quaye Nungua R/C Basic School has been rewarded with a refurbished Information and Communication Technology (ICT) laboratory for winning the Wrapper Collection Challenge, a key component of the Fan Milk School Caravan initiative.
[SNA] – Minister of Education Dr. Al-Tohami Al-Zain Hajar chaired a meeting on preparations for Darfur students to sit the 2026 secondary school examinations.
[SNA] – Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Professor Ahmed Modawi Musa reaffirmed state commitment to the higher education sector despite ongoing challenges.