By Margaret Andrews. In a great 2013 article, “We’re All to Blame for MOOCs”, Professor Patrick J Deneen from the University of Notre Dame in the United States pointed out how so many higher education institutions are susceptible to becoming obsolete as MOOCs – massive open online courses – take hold. Read more...
By Yojana Sharma. Politicians and policy-makers have been putting pressure on universities, insisting on relevance of both research and teaching. They argue that universities must respond better to national economic and social needs in their research; and to the labour market by turning out employable students. Read more...
By Yojana Sharma. China is using international university partnerships to cement its regional and global position, making higher education a jumping-off point not just for research collaboration but also for city to city and industrial partnerships. Read more...
By Brendan O'Malley. Universities around the world are continuing to internationalise at an ever faster pace. They want their students to have trans-continental horizons when it comes to the world of work, and are hungry to be involved in worldwide research collaborations. Read more...
By Jingyi Dong. I was interested to read the recent University World News article by Philip Altbach, "China's Glass Ceiling and Feet of Clay". By "feet of clay" he meant that "China has developed an unbalanced higher education system". Read more...
By Hilary Landorf. Florida International University, or FIU, has been recognised for innovation in preparing its students for living and working in an increasingly diverse world. Read more...
By Clare Banks. Later this month US President Barack Obama will visit Cuba as yet another step forward in the historic warming of United States diplomatic relations with the country. Read more...
By Nico Cloete. South Africa has a long history of ‘third forces’: the communists, the Central Intelligence Agency, the neo-liberal global conspiracy and, most recently, even the United States ambassador – who laughed when presented with this theory, although he has to admit that the two concrete bunker embassies in Pretoria and Cape Town at least look sinister. Read more...
By John Gerritsen. Provisional figures show changes to New Zealand's University Entrance, or UE, standard have cut the number of school-leavers qualified to enrol in the country's universities by several thousand for the second year in a row. Read more...
By Wachira Kigotho. The World Bank has provided a US$70 million loan to Tunisia to improve the quality of teaching and management at universities, amid efforts to reduce high levels of graduate unemployment. In 2014, about 32% of university graduates were jobless, with women particularly vulnerable. Read more...
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