I am not an economist by nature. I am not comfortable with acquisitive individualism as a model for human interaction. I like my “stuff,” but I don’t think “stuff” is a good measurement for human worth, success, or anything else. More...
Improving Our Professional Performance (Really!)
We are insufficiently motivated to pause and engage in slower, more rational thinking. Instead we seek immediate gratification, cognitive ease and simple explanations. More...
Armenian Higher Education in the European Higher Education Area
After regaining independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Armenian higher education began to re-establish independence and autonomy. With new freedoms, large numbers of private higher education institutions called themselves universities and grew like mushrooms, possible due to the fact that there were no regulations or principles in place to determine university status or control expansion. More...
Big Surprise!
The impending decline in international enthusiasm for the U.S. as a destination for study and research is not only a result of the change in the political winds, but also the failure of universities to take a more active role in the public arena. More...
Tempest in the Rankings Teapot
The reasons why the world, especially Africa, would be well served to ignore the rankings are numerous. More...
Gender and Disability in Chinese Higher Ed
While the number of students admitted into higher education in China reached 6.85 million by 2012, only 8,363 people with disabilities were admitted that year. More...
Australia's Reform: Increasing Equity Through Cuts?
Higher Education in Australia faces a substantial disruption in how it develops in the wake of proposed changes presented by the Minister for Education, Simon Birmingham. More...
Ukrainian Politicians and Fake Dissertations
The widespread faculty misconduct, corruption and degree fraud make Ukraine’s doctoral degrees -- similar to its national currency -- steadily depreciate. More...
Guest Review: ‘The Goat Fish and the Lover’s Knot’
American Cloaca: At Standing Rock, Part 5
By Oronte. It was cold in the astronomical twilight before dawn on Saturday, December 3. The flap to the tipi had blown open during our brief sleep, and wind swirled over the bodies and detritus of cold-weather camping inside. The tiny burner on the propane tank had gone out, and a cast-iron stove made for the US Army nearly a century earlier sat useless as a hernia in the center of the floor. More...