SEO Headline (Max 60 characters)
San Diego Student Killed in Iran Plane Crash
A student at a San Diego college was among those killed in the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran on Wednesday, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The student, Sarah Saadat, was studying for a doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Alliant International University. Her sister, Saba Saadat, a student at the University of Alberta, and their mother, Shekoufeh Choupannejad, a physician, were also killed.
Many of the plane crash victims were students and scholars affiliated with Canadian universities; at least 18 Canadian universities reported losing one or more students or scholars in the crash. Iran’s military said Saturday that it accidentally shot down the plane.
Trending Stories
THE Campus
Resources for faculty and staff from our partners at Times Higher Education.
- Five things I learned from my trip to Parliament as an early career researcher
- Business school recruitment: disrupt to diversify
- Diagnostic, formative or summative? A guide to assessing your class
- My teacher’s a robot: beating negative perceptions when teaching online
- Embrace the unpredictability of teaching in community colleges
Most Shared Stories
- The research university needs professionalization (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
- Hundreds of WVU faculty oppose changes to evaluation, tenure
- Academic experts offer advice on ChatGPT
- Seven professor actions that contribute to student well-being (infographic)
- The role of the liberal arts in an era of skills-based hiring
Disgraced Ex-Presidents?