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10 février 2017

Christian universities are growing rapidly in Africa

By Joel Carpenter. Christian higher education is growing briskly in Sub-Saharan Africa. It exists at the intersection of two of the most dynamic social trends on the continent: the rapid rise of Christian adherence and the volatile growth of higher education. More...

10 février 2017

The new merchants of doubt are waging war on science

By Libby Blanchard. It’s a terrifying time to be an American who believes in scientific fact. More...

10 février 2017

HE has a role to play in rebuilding social solidarity

By Simon Marginson. In the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom last June, and the United States presidential election in November, two elements were especially powerful shapers of choice: whether voters had entered higher education or not, and whether voters lived in large cities or not. More...

10 février 2017

Quality assurance, higher education and the SDGs

By Mary Beth Marklein. Noting that higher education lies at the core of many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, the chief of UNESCO's higher education division last week outlined for quality assurance professionals the role they can play in contributing to the success of the initiative. More...

10 février 2017

Collective effort needed to combat academic corruption

By Mary Beth Marklein. A panel presentation on how the global academic community can combat academic corruption in higher education provoked a lively discussion highlighting the widespread and wide-ranging scope of the problem, the diversity of responses and a growing sense that the issue belongs high on the agenda for policy-makers in international education. More...

10 février 2017

Universities feel early impacts of Trump era uncertainty

By Mary Beth Marklein. United States President Donald Trump, whose first two weeks in office were as unprecedented as his once-unfathomable ascendancy to the nation's highest office, appears eager to maintain a frenetic pace, political analysts told an international gathering of higher education quality assurance and accreditation experts in Washington. More...

10 février 2017

Changing world challenges higher education, accreditation

By Mary Beth Marklein. The shifting terrain of higher education worldwide is challenging quality assurance and accreditation professionals to examine how they can adjust or transform traditional practices and policies while also preserving core academic values. More...

10 février 2017

Civil society body to help pre-empt student unrest

By Sungula Nkabinde. A civil society movement to collectively address a ‘systemic’ crisis in South Africa's education system was launched last week. More...

10 février 2017

Universities revamp exam system to curb cheating

By Ashraf Khaled. Several Egyptian universities have changed their examination systems in an attempt to curb mass cheating, a shift that has triggered mixed reactions. More...

10 février 2017

Spate of student expulsions for religious beliefs claimed

By Yojana Sharma. Officials from at least one university in Iran tried to eliminate traces of ongoing religious discrimination, as at least 15 students belonging to the Baha’i religious minority were expelled from universities during December 2016 and January 2017, the United States-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran or ICHRI has reported. More...

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