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1 février 2015

Investing in education hubs – Local support is key

By Jane Knight. International education hubs are the latest development in the international higher education landscape. A country-level education hub is a planned effort to build a critical mass of local and international actors – higher education institutions and providers, students, research and development centres and knowledge industries – who work collaboratively on education, training, and knowledge production and innovation. Read more...

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1 février 2015

Why English is not enough

By Rosemary Salomone. Despite all the talk on both sides of the Atlantic promoting multilingualism for job mobility and economic opportunity, many colleges and universities have eliminated foreign language requirements for graduation and have cut foreign language departments to a bare minimum. Read more...

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1 février 2015

Give students and parents more details of value added

By William Patrick Leonard. In their 2011 book, Academically Adrift, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa reported their study of 2,300 traditional undergraduate students enrolled at an array of four-year tertiary institutions in the United States. Read more...

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1 février 2015

The day the purpose of university changed

By Dan Berrett, The Chronicle of Higher Education. The governor had bad news: The state budget was in crisis, and everyone needed to tighten their belts. High taxes threatened "economic ruin", said the newly elected Ronald Reagan. Welfare stood to be curbed, the highway patrol had fat to trim. Everything would be pared down; he’d start with his own office. Read more...

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1 février 2015

Rich world attainment is rising fast but not for all

By Karen MacGregor. There has been a sharp rise in education attainment across the world’s wealthy nations, driven by young adults studying for longer. While at the turn of the century, tertiary qualifications were held by 26% of people aged 25-34 years living in OECD countries, the proportion had soared to 40% by 2013, according to an interim Education at a Glance report. Read more...

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1 février 2015

US ratings will ‘bypass distorted priorities’ of rankings

By Mary Beth Marklein. A top US Department of Education official has urged higher education leaders to work with the Obama administration as it moves closer to launching a system that would rate their institutions on whether they provide good value. Read more...

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1 février 2015

Bologna Process is ‘making an impact worldwide’ – CIQG

By Mary Beth Marklein. The Bologna Process has made a difference not only within its 47 member countries but also far beyond Europe’s borders, international higher education consultants said on 29 January at a conference on quality assurance in higher education in Washington. Read more...

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1 février 2015

UNESCO chief plots pact on global recognition of degrees

By Mary Beth Marklein. “The world is moving toward a far more global higher education community, hence the need to build a more equitable and more transparent higher education sector worldwide,” said Paulina González-Pose, chief of UNESCO’s higher education section. If approved, the plan would promote deeper levels of collaboration and provide a frame for sharing good practices. Read more...

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1 février 2015

Changing world ‘needs new kind of quality assurance’

By Mary Beth Marklein. “Same Same But Different,” a phrase rooted in Asian culture, became the informal mantra for attendees of the CHEA International Quality Group’s annual meeting last week in Washington, DC, reflecting both the growing importance of higher education across all regions of the world and the rapidly evolving sense of what a good college experience actually looks like. Read more...

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1 février 2015

Going Global 2015: Internationalisation of HE a key driver in Southeast Asia

The drive for economic harmonisation and development in Southeast Asia and its impact on internationalisation in universities will be one of the key trends discussed at this year’s Going Global conference in London.
This year will see the establishment of a common market across the ten countries which make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN, based on four pillars including the free flow of goods, services, investment and skilled labour. Read more...

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