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26 février 2018

No surprises for higher education in White House budget

The White House budget released on 12 February won't be approved by Congress and likely won't even be seriously considered by lawmakers as a framework for their spending priorities. But the document makes clear that the Trump administration is in many respects on the same page with House Republicans as they seek to dramatically reshape the student aid system in renewing the Higher Education Act, writes Andrew Kreighbaum for Inside Higher Ed. More...

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26 février 2018

Call for more Framework social sciences research funding

Eleven universities, including Ghent University, La Sapienza in Rome and the Freie Universität Berlin, are urging the European Commission to set a target under its next research framework programme of spending at least 10% of the budget on social sciences and humanities, reports Science/Business. More...

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26 février 2018

West Bank university law draws Palestinian Authority ire

The Palestinian Authority last week stepped up its rhetorical attacks on Israel – this time by calling on all parliaments and lawmakers around the world to boycott Knesset members who supported a bill that applies Israeli law to Israeli academic institutions in the West Bank, writes Khaled Abu Toameh for The Times of Israel. More...

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26 février 2018

Staff vacancies continue to plague higher education

The functioning of Indian institutions of higher learning continues to be crippled due to a large number of staff vacancies. The latest government data has shown that the scale of the problem is massive and the scope widespread, writes Charu Kartikeya for CatchNews. More...

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26 février 2018

#MeToo hits universities, despite internet censors

After highly-regarded Beihang University Professor Chen Xiaowu was dismissed over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, students and alumni from dozens of top universities launched online petitions demanding that university administrators establish official policies against sexual misconduct, which are all but non-existent in Chinese universities, writes Oiwan Lam for Hong Kong Free Press. More...

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26 février 2018

Report exposes universities’ corruption cover-up

A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has revealed how most allegations of corruption in federal universities in Nigeria – such as unfair allocation of grades, contract inflation, truncation of staff’s salaries on the pay roll, employment of unqualified staff, examination malpractices, sexual harassment and sales of university certificates – have neither been thoroughly investigated nor punished, writes Davidson Iriekpen for This Day. More...

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26 février 2018

China has spies across US universities – FBI chief

Chinese intelligence operatives are littered across United States universities, possibly to obtain information in fields like technology, and universities have little understanding of this major predicament, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray said last week, writes Greg Price for Newsweek. More...

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26 février 2018

Turning silent ‘lambs’ into academic champions of intellectual capital

By Sharon Dell – Africa Editor. In Africa Analysis, Damtew Teferra writes in the wake of alleged Chinese espionage at the African Union headquarters that it is critical for Africa’s intelligentsia to step up to protect the continent’s strategic interests through the consolidation of its intellectual citadels, while Ekkehard Wolff laments that universities in Africa are doing little to address the issue of linguistic imperialism.
   In this week’s Special Report, we interview Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, the principal investigator of a unique 21-country, four-year research project which explores the uses and impact of open educational resources in the Global South. The study, and the volume produced from it, fills a major gap in empirical research and has given educators in the South space to participate in a global conversation about open education. We also include a series of articles by Henry Trotter which give an overview of the findings.
   In Africa Features, Tunde Fatunde covers the story of the deportation of Cameroonian academics from Nigeria, and Gilbert Nakweya highlights the impact of new admissions reforms on the higher education sector in Kenya.
   In Africa News, three stories coming out of Zimbabwe, by Kudzai Mashininga and Tonderayi Mukeredzi, highlight the changes taking place in the higher education sector in the wake of the country’s recent leadership changes, while Ashraf Khaled covers the third edition of the Africa STI Forum from Cairo, Egypt.
   Finally, in World Blog this week, Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit argue that we are seeing not just a temporary challenge from rising populism in some parts of the world but a fundamental shift on higher education internationalisation that will mean rethinking the entire approach. More...

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26 février 2018

Is the era of unlimited growth of higher education internationalisation ending?

By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. In World Blog this week, Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit argue that we are seeing not just a temporary challenge from rising populism in some parts of the world but a fundamental shift on higher education internationalisation that will mean rethinking the entire approach.
   In Commentary, Kevin Evans finds it ‘intriguing’ that the Indonesian government is looking at opening up to foreign universities at a time when Indonesian public discourse is increasingly ‘ultra-nationalist’. Nadine Burquel and Anja Busch contend that strong leadership and management have never been more important in higher education due to the pace of change and diverse challenges – so how are universities creating the leaders they need? And Daniel Sanchez-Serra and Gabriele Marconi warn that while charging tuition fees to foreign students can be a tool to boost the funding of tertiary education, governments must keep in mind that this can deter international students from choosing their country as a destination.
   In Commentary on Africa, Ekkehard Wolff laments that universities in Africa are doing little to address the issue of linguistic imperialism, which still prevails more than half a century after independence from colonial rule, while Damtew Teferra writes in the wake of alleged Chinese espionage at the African Union headquarters that it is critical that Africa protects its strategic interests through the consolidation of its intellectual citadels.
   In Features, Wagdy Sawahel reports on the view of experts that Islamic universities in Central Asia can play a valuable role in combating the influence of radical extremism and stemming recruitment by Islamic State in the region.
   In a Special Report on a comprehensive analysis of the uses and impact of open educational resources in the Global South, Sharon Dell says the 21-country study fills a major gap in empirical research and has given educators in the South space to participate in a global conversation. More...

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26 février 2018

Blockchain is this year's buzzword – but can it outlive the hype?

The open-source ledger behind bitcoin is touted as revolutionary for everything from banking to health, but the jury is still out. More...

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