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11 mai 2014

When higher education's future is uncertain

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By William Patrick Leonard. A few years ago articles in the trade and popular presses touting the United States tertiary education community's environmental sustainability initiatives spoke of a green future. These initiatives proved popular with internal and external stakeholders alike. The green campus movement was minimally disruptive goring few, if any, stakeholders' oxen. Read more...

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11 mai 2014

Caring professor may be key to how a graduate thrives

By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education. If you believe the new Gallup-Purdue Index Report, a study of 30,000 graduates of American colleges on issues of employment, job engagement and wellbeing, it all comes down to old-fashioned values and human connectedness. Read more...

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11 mai 2014

Student numbers soar by 35%, university funding lags

By Gilbert Nganga. Kenya’s public universities admitted record numbers of students last year, beating their fast-growing private sector rivals and defying infrastructure constraints that have been dogging them. New data from the government shows that enrolments to state universities rose by 41%, from 195,428 in 2012 to 276,349 by the end of last year. Read more...

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11 mai 2014

Higher education could help solve the job crisis – Report

By Munyaradzi Makoni. Graduate unemployment rates have spiralled across Sub-Saharan Africa as too few graduates gain the skills needed to find work. In many countries employers complain of a lack of basic, technical and transferable skills, says a new report by the British Council. Read more...

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11 mai 2014

Higher education challenges post-2015 – UNESCO

By Wachira Kigotho. Unequal access to university education is likely to persist in most countries globally despite concerted attempts to expand opportunities by 2030, according to a UNESCO Position Paper on Education Post-2015.
It warns that the problem will not be limited to scarcity of places: there will also be a knowledge divide caused by lack of chances to acquire skills in technology.
Notably, considerable disparities will be experienced in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where the total number of entrants to education declines steeply as students move from primary to higher levels of education, in comparison to other regions of the world.
The crux of the matter, says the position paper, is that the quality of schooling in many countries has continued to suffer from limited learning resources, teacher shortages, teacher absenteeism, and distance and safety to travel to and from school. Read more...

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11 mai 2014

‘American-style’ university planned near Tunis

An ‘American-style' university campus near Tunis is being planned under a Tunisian-French partnership. The 40-hectare Cité du Savoir – City of Knowledge – will teach students skills to meet the needs of the Tunisian economy and businesses operating in different sectors, reported La Presse of Tunis. Read more...

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11 mai 2014

First masters in gender and development studies

By Moses Magadza. The University of Namibia has admitted its first batch of students into a new masters degree programme in gender and development studies, kindling hope of new solutions to gender-related problems that include violence in which scores of women have been murdered. Read more...

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11 mai 2014

Women’s research and innovation network launched

By Wagdy Sawahel. A network for Sudanese women researchers has been formed, to highlight the successes of women in science and to enhance their contribution to innovation and economic growth.
The Sudanese women’s network for research and innovation was launched during the second Arab Women in Science and Technology for Sustainable Development conference held in the country’s capital Khartoum from 5-7 May. Read more...

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11 mai 2014

Turkey and Arab states announce new HE collaboration

By Wagdy Sawahel. A cooperation plan was agreed at the First Turkish-Arab Congress on Higher Education held in Istanbul late last month. It includes setting up an Arab Turkish universities network, mutual recognition of degrees and enhanced student and staff mobility. Read more...

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11 mai 2014

Women under-represented in universities despite quotas

By Yojana Sharma. Women are still under-represented in higher education in Afghanistan because of a lack of political commitment, in particular to ensuring a safe and secure environment in the strife-torn country that would enable women to make their way to universities, according to Fawzia Koofi, vice-president of the National Assembly – the first woman to hold that post. Read more...

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