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25 octobre 2013

Elsevier ups edX MOOC support

 

http://www.thebookseller.com/sites/all/themes/bookseller/images/css/bookseller-new-site-logo.pngElsevier is to expand its support for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offered by US provider edX.
The STM publisher has previously piloted textbook content in one edX MOOC, a Circuits and Electronics course taught by Anant Agarwal, who is both edX president and an Elsevier author. Now that is to be expanded to up to five courses, each of which will use an Elsevier text chosen from the publisher's catalogue in computing, engineering, maths, science and criminal justice. More...

25 octobre 2013

Universités et grandes écoles se copient mutuellement

 

http://s1.lemde.fr/journalelectronique/vignettes/la_une/20131026/MAG_104.jpgPropos recueillis par Président de la Conférence des présidents d'université, Jean-Loup Salzmann, également président de l'université Paris-XIII, défend le modèle universitaire.
Pour attirer les bons élèves, les universités ont-elles d'autres choix que de copier les grandes écoles ?
Ne parlons pas de copier mais plutôt de diffuser des bonnes pratiques. Les grandes écoles se sont développées sur des modèles très professionnalisants. Mais tout le monde sait, et les étudiants s'en aperçoivent lorsqu'ils intègrent une école, que les cours ne sont pas de très bonne qualité. De plus, les étudiants ne font pas de recherche. On a tendance à caricaturer l'université, or l'université, ce n'est que l'excellence. Suite de l'article...

25 octobre 2013

Avec la start-up Coursera , deux professeurs de Stanford mondialise l’université

 

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-frc1/372959_238588272882356_833790808_q.jpgSi vous voulez vous faire une idée de la révolution qui se prépare dans l’enseignement supérieur, allez sur le site http://www.coursera.com. La start-up Coursera, fondée par deux professeurs de Stanford, est une plate-forme sur laquelle plus de 60 universités (pour la plupart américaines) offrent des cours en ligne. Sur sa page d’accueil s’affichent le nombre des formations proposées - près de 500, allant de la robotique à l’histoire de l’art chinois, de l’évaluation financière de l’entreprise à l’analyse combinatoire - et celui des étudiants inscrits : plus de 5 millions à travers le monde, augmentant d’une dizaine par minute. Suite...

25 octobre 2013

L’Université de Nantes a lancé sa campagne à destination des entreprises

 

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-frc1/372959_238588272882356_833790808_q.jpgL’Université de Nantes organisait du 7 au 10 octobre la 2e édition de la Semaine Université-entreprises. Une table-ronde et 20 ateliers ont rythmé cet évènement qui aura permis d’instituer un échange entre les acteurs du monde socio-économique et l’Université de Nantes.
En préambule de cette Semaine Université-entreprises, une table-ronde s’est tenue, lundi 7 octobre, réunissant personnalités universitaires, personnalités politiques et acteurs du monde économique. A la tribune, la Région des Pays de la Loire, Nantes Métropole, la Chambre de commerce et d’industrie Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, le Medef 44, la CGPME 44 et le Technopole sont venus soutenir la démarche menée par l’Université de Nantes vers les entreprises. Suite...

25 octobre 2013

Higher Education In Mexico: The Quest To Become More-Competitive Globally

 

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGpy-AeBiIx0umtlqhaEfHZ935nn_MuxYkgzQ87gtPnTo79Eu2KYlmEZMBy David Felsen. The administration has tackled energy reform to open up the country’s state oil monopoly to foreign investment and to develop global partnerships in the energy sector. The government also recently introduced an education reform with a view to raising teaching standards and holding Mexican teachers more accountable at the K-12 level, through changes such as the introduction of across-the-board performance evaluations. Furthermore, the government’s recent autumn tax bill seeks to improve efficiency in the country’s tax system. However, despite the positive measures undertaken during President Peña’s first year in office, numerous challenges remain across a range of sectors. These include issues that impact the country’s global competitiveness, not the least of which is higher education. In September the 2013 QS World University Rankings -- considered by many to be the gold standard of rankings in global higher education -- came out with its list of the world’s top universities. And the telling stat? Mexico did not have a single university represented within the top 100. Nor, for that matter, did Brazil or India. China produced only one Top 100 school. More...

25 octobre 2013

New efforts to boost minority students studying abroad

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTv_hBsLZvor3vOGMRgDwk952jVOu7Wmj9h8wlAlh_A3g7pDYd3yO8s3gBy Dana Sand. Study: 78% of U.S. who studied abroad in 2010-11 were white. Kenya Casey studied abroad as an undergrad in 1997. As an African American, she noticed an under-representation of minority students on her trip. Today, as associate director of the Center for International Programs Abroad (CIPA) at Emory University, she says the trend hasn't changed. The Institute of International Education's Open Doors data shows that 78% of U.S. students who studied abroad in 2010-11 were white. More...

25 octobre 2013

Being Global: Making the Case for International Alumni Relations

By Gretchen Dobson. You’ve heard it many times: We’re in the relationship business. But how do you build and maintain relationships with your alumni when they’re scattered across the globe? Should you even try?
For educational institutions pondering whether to implement an international alumni program or for those wishing to improve their existing programs, this book can offer guidance and insight.
Being Global also includes a wealth of information about best practices being implemented by independent schools, colleges, universities and business schools around the world. These concrete examples look closely at managing from a distance, student-alumni programs, programming with faculty and signature programs. A comprehensive appendix list points you to hundreds of additional resources on these topics and more.
Is international alumni relations right for your institution? Let this book help you find the way to an answer.

About the Author
As the founder of Go Global consultancy, Gretchen Dobson travels the world to help educational institutions and nonprofit member organizations facilitate alumni engagement and advance international programs. Additionally, she works with officers at U.S. embassies to engage alumni of government-sponsored exchange programs. Dobson also provides professional coaching for international advancement and academic officers. Alongside consulting, Dobson manages international special events and meetings for clients with particular needs outside their home country.

Previously, Dobson served as Tufts University’s senior associate director for domestic and international programs. In that role, she was recognized, in 2009, by the Chronicle of Higher Education as an “Innovator in Internationalization.”

Dobson received her B.A. and M.A. from Boston College and an Ed.D. in higher education management at the University of Pennsylvania.

25 octobre 2013

University of Manchester joins Coursera

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.pngBy Chris Parr. The University of Manchester has become the third UK university to join the US massive open online course platform Coursera. The agreement will see Manchester offer four courses free online: water supply and sanitation policy in developing countries; global health and humanitarianism; an introduction to population health; and our Earth: its climate, history and processes. Dates have yet to be confirmed.  The North-West institution was one of 13 universities to join Coursera today, taking the platform’s total number of partners to 97. Other new members include the Netherlands’ Eindhoven Institute of Technology, Russia’s Saint Petersburg State University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. More...

25 octobre 2013

USS could need more money as pension’s deficit

 

 

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.pngBy Jack Grove. Universities and academics may need to pay more towards their pensions in future as the sector’s main fund remains severely under-funded. The shortfall in the Universities Superannuation Scheme, which covers academics and academic-related staff in pre-1992 universities, now stands at £11.5 billion – up from £9.8 billion last year, according to a valuation released this week in its annual report. More...

25 octobre 2013

Postgraduate numbers down 12 per cent, says report

 

 

Times Higher EducationBy John Morgan. The 1994 Group has urged the government to introduce a postgraduate loan system to combat a 12 per cent drop in student numbers over three years. The group of smaller research-intensive universities will today unveil a report highlighting the drop, titled Increasing Postgraduate Opportunities: Proposals for Funding. Read more...
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