By Anne Schiller. South Korea’s Incheon Global Campus, or IGC, represents a unique experiment in international education. It is located in the research, development and education hub, New Songdo City, and what sets IGC apart from other campuses is its novel partnership model. Read more...
Stem the march of the administrators
By Viviane Callier, Richard H Singiser and Nathan L Vanderford. It is no secret that in the past several decades, the numbers of those running universities, referred to here as ‘academic administrators’, have increased dramatically whereas the growth in the number of tenure track academics, or ‘faculty’, in US parlance, has been only modest, and the trend is projected to continue. Read more...
Lifelong learning as a human right
By Patrick Blessinger. Higher education systems around the world have been undergoing dramatic changes over the past few generations. In fact, the changes have been so dramatic that one could argue we are experiencing an educational revolution that has impacted on every aspect of higher education. Read more...
Pioneer on a mission to democratise higher education
By Mary Beth Marklein. Shai Reshef is on a mission. Troubled by UNESCO data estimating that millions of people worldwide risk being denied a college education simply because not enough seats will be available for them, he came up with an alternative model where capacity is a non-issue, tuition is free and the curriculum, drawn from Open Educational Resources, is designed by professors from world-class universities. Read more...
Mobile students more likely to have a job – Report
By Brendan O’Malley. Graduates who have studied, worked or volunteered abroad are more likely to have a job six months after graduating, and on average they are earning slightly more than other graduates, a new report says. Read more...
Corporatisation ‘threatens academic freedom’– AAUP
By Mary Beth Marklein. Higher education’s “romance with entrepreneurialism” puts the hallowed principle of academic freedom at risk at universities around the world, general counsel for the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, told comparative education researchers on Wednesday. Read more...
New strategy for boosting graduate job prospects
By Geoff Maslen. With 30% of new graduates still looking for work four months after leaving university and many taking much longer to find a full-time job in their field of study, Australian business leaders have joined with the nation’s vice-chancellors to launch a “national work integrated learning strategy”. Read more...
Two UK universities in global top three – Survey
By David Jobbins. The universities of Cambridge and Oxford move up from fourth and fifth places respectively in this year’s Times Higher Education, or THE, World Reputation Rankings. Read more...
Protests raise questions over role of universities
By Jan Petter Myklebust. After a month of occupation of university buildings, University of Amsterdam students are increasingly winning support for their protest against pressure on universities to focus on ‘effectivity’ – producing measurable products as efficiently as possible. Read more...
Africa must commit 1% of GDP to research – President
By Wachira Kigotho. Senegalese President Macky Sall has called on African countries to allocate more than 1% of gross domestic product to research, if the continent is to make headway with its development agenda – and he pledged to become a continental political champion for the cause, alongside the African Union Commission. Read more...