By Andrew Pilkington. Research continues to demonstrate that individuals from minority ethnic communities disproportionately experience adverse outcomes in higher education. More...By Andrew Gunn and Michael Mintrom. The launch of the Asian Universities Alliance or AUA in Beijing on 29 April 2017 represents a significant milestone in the changing geopolitics of global higher education. The new alliance is comprised of 15 institutions from 14 countries across the region. More...By Geoff Maslen. Of the five million international students studying higher education courses outside their own countries, one in four are from just one country: China. But now most Chinese studying abroad are returning home – the outbound-to-return ratio has risen to 82% over the past four years, compared to one in three returnees a decade earlier – and China is attracting hundreds of thousands of foreign students to its shores. More...By Patrick Blessinger. The demand for higher education has grown considerably in recent decades. Over the past 20 years global higher education has grown at a rate of about 5% per year. This phenomenon, together with the emergence of open education and the diversification of higher education, has resulted in many countries now reaching universal access status. More...By Haroon Mirani. It was a typical day in April at Government Degree College Pulwama in Kashmir. Students were in class or were outside enjoying the sunshine when an Indian army vehicle drove into the college, provoking spontaneous protests against the military’s unprecedented presence. More...By Yojana Sharma. With a raft of recent announcements of British university tie-ups with China, and a general eagerness by Chinese universities to link with Western institutions, it appears partnerships are easy to set up. More...By Yojana Sharma. Kakha Shengelia, president of Caucasus University in Tbilisi, Georgia, takes over the three-year presidency of the International Association of University Presidents or IAUP – often described as the global voice of higher education – at its 2017 conference in Vienna from 5-8 July. More...By Michael Gardner. The Deutsches Studentenwerk or DSW – German Student Welfare Service – has called for an increase in federal government grant support for students in response to the findings of a survey by the Berlin-based Institute for Education and Socio-Economic Research and Consulting or FiBS. More...By Jan Petter Myklebust. Structural reform of Norwegian higher education has led to heated debates regarding the governance and leadership of universities, and whether rectors should be selected by the Ministry of Education and Research or elected by the staff and students at the institutions. More...By Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education. The biggest buzz at last year’s conference of NAFSA: Association of International Educators was about a survey of prospective international students that showed nearly two out of three would reconsider studying in the United States if Donald Trump became president. Conference goers thought the findings scary. They also thought such a thing could never happen. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
