Brookings Institution analysis on student debt becoming a farce
Their data is based on the triennial Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) by the Federal Reserve Board, with the report based on 2010 data. Read more...
Presentation on eLearning and #mobile influences for #ICT4D
The questions were multiple, and gladly sharing those that are posed frequently.
One of the reoccurring challenges in every type of online learning (elearning, mooc, mobile...) is... Read more...
Deutschland, du bist Musterschüler
. Noch mehr Studenten fordert die OECD in ihrem Bildungsbericht. Sie ist noch nicht zufrieden mit dem einstigen Problemkind. Dabei macht Deutschland vieles richtig. Mehr...
Abstrampeln für die Forschung
. Nachwuchswissenschaftler an deutschen Unis müssen sich oft jahrelang mit befristeten Arbeitsverträgen durchschlagen. Hier erzählen vier von ihnen, wie sie damit umgehen Aufgezeichnet. Mehr...
Referendum: Wissenschaftler fürchten unabhängiges Schottland
Von Jan Friedmann. Umfragemehrheit für die Union: Ginge es allein nach Schottlands Hochschulmitarbeitern, bliebe das Land ein Teil von Großbritannien. Sie fürchten, ihre Unis könnten in einem freien Schottland Schaden nehmen.
Wenn es nach schottischen Forschern und Hochschulmitarbeitern ginge, würde Schottland beim Referendum um die Unabhängigkeit von Großbritannien mit Nein stimmen. Mehr...
Doctoral education in Africa and the challenges for scientific growth in the Region
By Hedda. Episode 46 of our podcast series features Johann Mouton (CREST, Stellenbosch University). In the podcast he talks about doctoral production in Africa and the challenges for the scientific growth of the region, including the role of the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology and opportunities for PHD positions in Higher Education in South Africa. See more...
Educational mobility starts to slow in industrialised world, says OECD
Access to education continues to expand worldwide but the socio-economic divisions between tertiary-educated adults and the rest of society are growing. Governments must do more to ensure that everyone has the same opportunity to a good education early in life, according to a new OECD report.
Education at a Glance 2014 says that educational mobility has started to slow down in the industrialised world. The number of people with lower qualifications than their parents is 9% among 55-64 year-olds to 12% among 35-44 year-olds and 16% among 25-34 year-olds.
At the same time, among the younger age group of 25-34 year-olds, where the tertiary attainment rate had risen to 43%, the impact of parents’ educational background was just as strong: of adults with at least one tertiary-educated parent, 65% attained a tertiary qualification, while of the adults with low-educated parents only 23% did. These data suggest that the expansion in education has not translated into a more inclusive society. More...
UK: Universities Minister puts weight behind outbound study
By Beckie Smith. A website designed to assist UK higher education institutions in encouraging more students to study abroad was launched this week by Universities Minister Greg Clark at Universities UK (UUK)’s national conference, where UUK leader Christopher Snowdon called on policymakers to implement more favourable immigration policy for international students. More...
Increase in student transfers worrying alumni offices
By . Divided loyalties of givers add to universities’ financial woes. Maya Gunaseharan spent her first year in college at American University, then transferred to Cornell. And that was after 12 years at a private school in New Jersey. Now all three ask her to contribute money. More...