By Elizabeth Redden. A diplomatic rift could have outsize impacts for international education, though university officials say it's still unclear what long-term impacts might be. More...
Higher education ‘in serious crisis’
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Association. Les pistes de KPMG pour faire face à la baisse des subventions publiques
Pour faire face à la triple crise (économique, concurrentielle et des ressources humaines) que rencontrent les associations, l'Union des employeurs de l'économie sociale et solidaire a missionné le cabinet KPMG pour aider le secteur à s'adapter aux nouveaux enjeux et notamment à la baisse de 17 % en 6 ans des subventions publiques.
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Association.-Les-pistes-de-KPMG-pour-faire-face-a-la-baisse-des-subventions-publiques
Is there a crisis in teacher supply: John Cater talks about his new HEPI report on teacher training
John Cater, Vice-Chancellor of Edge Hill University, has recorded an exclusive short video summarising his new HEPI report on the past, present and future of teacher training. More...
The state owns the education crisis
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The chancellor of Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities recently admitted that the system is in crisis. The diagnosis? A threatening combination of enrollment losses, state appropriations at the same dollar amount as they were nearly 20 years ago and collective bargaining agreements that bring annual cost increases despite stagnant or declining revenues at nearly every university. More...
The Sahel and West Africa had a good agricultural season, so why does food insecurity persist?
Every year the identification, analysis and mapping of areas at risk and populations affected by food and nutrition insecurity in the Sahel and West Africa are carried out. Conducted within the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA), this process is co-ordinated by the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS). It analyses country-level information of the 17 countries in the region using a harmonised, common framework called the Cadre harmonisé (CH). More...
Gestion de crise : deux grandes écoles créent une chaire commune
L’Université de technologie de Troyes et l’Ecole nationale supérieure des officiers de sapeurs-pompiers s’associent pour créer une chaire dédiée à la gestion de crise. Voir l'article...
Colleges cope with unexpected crises
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In 2014, a water crisis in Flint, Mich., had a major impact on Mott Community College. A year later, a horrific traffic accident that killed five international students and injured many more caused a huge amount of grief at North Seattle College (NSC) in Washington. More...
An action plan to address the crisis facing humanities
By Jan Petter Myklebust. When Education and Research Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen addressed a symposium at the University of Oslo recently, expectations were high. More...