By Jan Petter Myklebust. A mantra at university conferences and in policy documents, and at the heart of university reforms over the last decade in the Nordic countries, is the belief that university leadership is the most crucial factor for success. More...

By Makki Marseilles. While new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his economy ministry’s staff are scouring the European capitals in search of support for an alternative policy to Greece’s austerity programme, top bureaucrats at the education ministry are poring over plans to deal with immediate problems before releasing their long-term targets. More...

By Dan Berrett and Eric Hoover, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Confident in their academic ability but less so in their interpersonal skills, this year’s freshmen believe the main benefit of a college education is to increase their earning power. More than ever they aspire to be well off – and also to help others – while their emotional health has hit a new low. More...

By Geoff Maslen. Martin Bean is a rarity among vice-chancellors in the English-speaking world: he does not hold a masters or a PhD, only a bachelor degree, in education, from the long ago past. More...

By Mary Beth Marklein. The Institute of International Education, or IIE, a non-profit group based in New York, is attempting to enlist the help of elementary and secondary school teachers in its bid to double the number of US college students who study abroad. More...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The Danish higher education system is in urgent need of an overhaul, notably with regard to a greater focus on work availability for graduates, an increased status for good teaching, and greater encouragement for students to study full-time, according to a new report. More...

By Ria Nurdiani. Indonesia’s newly appointed Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education said the ministry was being revamped to improve the country’s higher education system, increase the employment prospects of graduates and improve innovation in the country. More...

By Geoff Maslen. Academic unions and university associations around the world have long expressed concern that the spread of free trade and other commercial agreements between nations was likely to profoundly impact on their higher education systems. More...

By Brendan O'Malley. Leading university vice-chancellors have warned the Labour Party against proposing to cut tuition fees in England from £9,000 to £6,000 (US$13,500 to US$9,000). More...

By John Gerritsen. Schools and universities across New Zealand have been startled by an unexpected slump in the pass rate for students to gain entry to the nation’s universities. More...