Africa's first summit on higher education shows high ambition

By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. This week’s edition includes a Special Report from Senegal on the African Higher Education Summit, the first gathering of its kind for the continent, which, Karen MacGregor reports, has called for 50% enrolment in higher education by 2050.
In Features Mary Beth Marklein interviews online pioneer Shai Reshef who has established a university where tuition is free and academics from some of the world's top universities design and teach the curriculum.
In Commentary, Viviane Callier, Richard H Singiser and Nathan L Vanderford argue that administrators are transforming universities into businesses for their own benefit and need to be more accountable. Anne Schiller analyses the opportunities and challenges in South Korea's experiment in independent foreign partners sharing a campus. Aldwyn Cooper says UK universities not only have a responsibility to give the public the facts on EU membership, they have a lot to lose if Britain pulls out.
In our World Blog Margaret Andrews says new players are entering the market for management education and students can now choose from an array of offerings and providers. Read more...