By Lilah Burke. How should physical art and design be evaluated in an online program? Can microcredentials market a master's program? NYU's new online degree attempts an answer. More...
The Landscape for Master's-Level Education
By Lilah Burke. The landscape of postbaccalaureate learning has never looked more complex. On one hand, demand for the master's degree has never been higher -- the share of the U.S. population with an advanced degree has increased from 5 percent in 1980 to 13 percent today, leading the most competitive sectors of the workforce to refer to the master's as “the new bachelor's.” More...
Open Education… Is Closed
By Lilah Burke. This year's Open Education Conference had more attendees than ever before. Why is it ending after 16 years, and what does its demise mean for the cause. More...
Your Interview With AI
By Lilah Burke. Getting a job increasingly requires going through an interview on an AI platform. Some colleges are trying to prepare their students for these nonhuman interactions,but many institutions are just getting acclimated to this new technology. More...
Preparing for an Automated Future
By Lilah Burke. UiPath might be a long way from putting a robot in the hands of every American worker, but the company is putting one in the hands of 800 undergraduate business majors and minors at the College of William & Mary. The three-year partnership and the software gift, valued at $4 million, will allow each business student to access robotic processing automation software and training. More...
Hong Kong Protests Spread to Taiwan
By Joyce Lau for Times Higher Education. Taiwanese universities have been hit by a wave of vandalism and campus unrest as tensions between mainland Chinese and Hong Kong students hit new heights. More...
Indonesia's Tech Legend Will Help Galvanize Universities
By John Ross for Times Higher Education. Indonesia has reshuffled its higher education and research portfolios, conscripting a political odd couple to recreate universities as engine rooms for its economic advent. More...
Turkish Academics Sound Alarm Over Gender Segregation Plans
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Erdoğan argues for women's universities. Plan for gender equity is removed from government website. More...
UN Moves Into Higher Education
By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education. The United Nations is set to begin its most significant intervention in higher education with the approval of plans to establish a new global system of qualification recognition to help migrants and refugees. More...
Italy's New Emphasis on Impact Over Metrics
By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education. “Child of the Italian brain drain” is the new education minister.
Lorenzo Fioramonti did not intend to spend more than a decade abroad when he left Italy to start his academic career. More...