By Patrick Blessinger. The increasing emphasis on inclusion and diversity in higher education around the world is due partly to the globalisation-internationalisation cycle (for instance, increased international immigration flows and increased global interdependencies), partly to the ongoing democratisation of higher education (for instance, increased pressure for equality-equity in all aspects of education) and partly to the emergence of lifelong learning as a human right. Read more...

By Defta Oktafiga. Globalisation in higher education is a process of integrating key 21st century components such as the knowledge-based economy, information-technology development and the knowledge network society into higher education. Read more...

By Megan Clifford and Kevin Kinser. In the past two decades, the governments of several developing nations including Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and China have used public funds to support the establishment and ongoing operation of international branch campuses or IBCs. Read more...

By Beth Button. On campuses and in communities, from the Americas to Africa, students are at the forefront of demanding a more fairly funded, decolonised, good-quality education system. Read more...

By Paul Basken, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Federal funding agencies have been eager to support younger researchers, reflecting a widespread belief that nurturing the next generation is critical to ensuring the long-term success of the nation’s scientific enterprise. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The row began when journalist Fredrik Solvang, on the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, or NRK, news programme Dagsnytt 18 on 28 October, claimed that 70% of available student rooms in Oslo and 64% in Bergen were allocated to foreign students. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The CSE published a controversial report in favour of weakening staff and student influence over the election of rectors and since then Uppsala University has drafted new regulations for the selection process for a new rector, which staff and students see as a way of securing an “industrial takeover” of the university. Read more...

By Yulia Grinkevich and Maria Shabanova. The beginning of the 21st century has seen a great increase in mobility and migration – both voluntary and forced by external circumstances. Read more...

By Shuangmiao Han and Zhou Zhong. Sino-United States higher education partnership reached a new milestone in September when Tsinghua University and the University of Washington jointly launched the Global Innovation Exchange, or GIX, in Seattle, Washington, with a US$40 million start fund from Microsoft. Read more...

By Joshua Mok Ka-ho. Over the past decade or so, we have witnessed the rise of transnational higher education and a call to internationalise higher education in Asia. Read more...