Society’s expectations of higher education are changing. People want more students than before to successfully complete their degrees, no matter how prepared they were for academia when they started studying. More...
24 mai 2017
24 mai 2017
Academics can’t change the world when they’re distrusted and discredited
There have been persistent calls for academics and scientists to venture forth from academia’s ivory towers to engage with a wider audience on the critical issues facing society. It’s a reasonable argument. Academics stepping out of their traditional roles to disseminate scientific knowledge can offer great value to public policy debates. More...
24 mai 2017
The insidious class divide in music teaching
A passionate debate is raging regarding musical education which threatens to unbalance the already critically privileged world of classical music. And, ironically, some of those who believe that music education should be made more accessible are arguing for measures that will actually exacerbate that privilege. More...
24 mai 2017
Does playing chess make you smarter? A look at the evidence
The stereotype of the chess player is someone who is smart, logical and good at maths. This is why so many parents around the world are keen to get their children playing chess – in the hope that the game might help to boost their son or daughter’s intelligence levels and help them succeed in a wide variety of subjects. More...
24 mai 2017
Why resilience matters for schools trying to thrive in tough situations
In a postcolonial, transforming society – like highly unequal South Africa – such “shocks” or challenges are chronic. They don’t let up. They are also cumulative, coming from a variety of fronts. More...
24 mai 2017
Universities still grappling with travel ban limbo
By Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education. President Donald Trump announced his executive order barring travellers, including students, from a half-dozen predominantly Muslim countries shortly after he took office in late January. But even in the dead of winter, officials at Ohio University were already thinking about summer. More...24 mai 2017
SOAS students explain stance on decolonisation
By Munyaradzi Makoni. Students from the prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies, or SOAS, University of London hit the headlines at the start of this year for their campaign to "Decolonise Our Minds", aimed at transforming the curriculum. At last month’s international conference on the “Contribution of Business Schools and Higher Education to Inclusive Development”, students representing the institution insisted they are not backing down on their calls for change. More...24 mai 2017
Higher education on the brink of disastrous closures
By John A Akec. There is near consensus among the global community that no country can develop or compete in the global marketplace without establishing universities that provide quality higher education and conduct research that informs national policies and drives innovation. More...24 mai 2017
What Higher Education Can Learn From Summer Camps
By Steven Mintz. Predicting the future is a fool’s game. But it’s a game that remains irresistible – and necessary – if we are to prepare for what lies ahead. More...
23 mai 2017
Cheers ...
By Tracy Mitrano. This week a colleague called me “Kleenex.” What she meant, jocularly, was that my name is so commonly associated with policy. “I would have preferred Xerox,” was my response, thinking back to law school when I learned about the dilution of trade mark names with these two examples. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)