By Abby Jackson. College startup Minerva Schools, whose students explore up to seven cities during four years of study, has received 16,000 applications for 306 available places this year, the Financial Times reported.
That acceptance rate for the unconventional college, at 1.9%, is far lower than at any schools in the Ivy League, as well as at Stanford. More...
By Rebecca Rajaendram. FOREIGN students wishing to study in Malaysia can now apply online for their student pass. 
By Vala Afshar. Recently Educause, with help from IT Issues Panel and a representative sample of IT leaders in the community, published its top 10 priority list for CIOs. Educause notes that the people, processes and culture of higher education is not fully prepared to support new and developing technologies. More...
By Study International Staff. The removal of caps on the number of European students allowed to study in the UK has led to increased courtship between UK universities and agents in the EU, according to a report from StudyTravel Magazine (ST Mag).
Furthermore, the introduction of a new postgraduate loan for which European students are eligible has caused increased activity between EU agents and UK institutions, according to the same report. More...
The Turnbull government would much rather deal with university funding as a budget issue than an election issue. It has no stomach for a big fight with the universities now. From that simple fact, several things flow. More...
By REJIMON. A move to introduce a uniform admission process among universities and centrrs of higher education in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will be a boon to students seeking to enroll in graduate courses. More...
By Dana Al Emam. The lack of government financial support to public universities is to blame for the high costs of higher education in Jordan, according to experts. More...
By Samantha Teran. Japan is set to replace its current National Center Test for University Admissions by 2020. A final report has been compiled by an expert panel formed by the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry regarding reformed university entrance exams. More...
By CCAP. Are rich colleges better? Can colleges buy a reputation for high quality? In a word, yes — but within limits. We looked at endowments of 650 universities and related that to reputation, as measured by the 2015-16 Forbes Top College list. As the graph below shows, schools that had large endowments typically ranked high among the 650 schools Forbes ranks, while those with meager accumulation of wealth tended to be among the lower ranking schools. More...
Warum das schlechte Abschneiden deutscher Unis beim internationalen Ranking kein Grund zur Besorgnis ist.
Im Zeitalter der Übertragung ökonomischer Prinzipien auf den Bereich der Bildung stehen Rankings und Leistungsvergleiche wenig verwunderlich im Vordergrund. More...
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