By Beckie Smith. All 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will join Australia’s New Colombo Plan (NCP), which funds Australian undergraduates to study and train in the region, from 2015, it was announced this month. More...
By Beckie Smith. US-based online payment platform peerTransfer has this month reached its $1bn milestone in international education payments. After a concerted push for global expansion in 2014, the company, which is backed by Spark Capital, Devonshire Investors, and QED Investors, among others, recently welcomed its 500th client when it signed up Bournemouth University, home to 2,000 international students. More...
By Beckie Smith. Australia’s recovery story continues as a first-of-its-kind report by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) reveals international student commencements in Australia have rebounded after five years of shrinkage. The first six months of the year have seen more than 422,000 new commencements – an 11.5% increase on January to June 2013, with green shoots being seen in the ailing VET sector and notable growth from most source markets. More...
Research is “not a panacea” for development in low-income countries despite making “important and significant contributions to socioeconomic development”, according to an impact review of public research by the UK Department for International Development.
Evidence does not back commonly held assumptions about how research leads to change, for example by directly benefiting economic growth and the quality of higher education, the report says. More...
As South-East Asia gears up to form a tighter economic community, states have much to gain from scientific input.
Plans for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to achieve economic integration by 2015 have had its ten member countries in a state of confusion, excitement and fear for several months. More...
By . To improve students’ chances of completing introductory biology courses and decrease poor grades, the University of Houston (UH) implemented a comprehensive student success program, employing various interventions for students at risk for failure. More...
By . Learn more about the support services and funding structures needed to go a step beyond traditional research. After seeing an increase in arsenic contamination in developing countries, a researcher at the University of Texas at Arlington created a solution that he hopes will be used in the field someday soon. More...
By Ron Bethke. A growing trust in digital institutions is occurring with online learning. According to a new Gallup poll, more U.S. adults (out of a random sample of about 1,000) agree or strongly agree that online colleges and universities offer high-quality education. More...
By . Enterprise-level technology continues to evolve at a furious pace, and with the growing operational and technological complexity of our higher education institutions, school administrators and executives charged with IT responsibilities can be left scratching their heads trying to understand and navigate their options. More...
By Michael Keathley. Two of the reasons educators often give for why they became teachers are “helping students” and “learning new things” (Vaux. R. 1999-2013). In fact, research has shown that professors really do care about students having a successful edventure. These two desires go hand in hand as dedicated faculty work hard to learn more ways to meet students’ needs as well as pursuing their own passion for learning. More...
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