By Jarosław Adamowski. One of Poland’s university associations is reporting that the number of academics at the country’s higher education institutions is in decline. This has been accompanied by falling student numbers at higher education institutions. Funding problems are being blamed for the drop.
The report from the KRASP university association claimed that, ‘in the past decade, the average ratio of tutors per student has significantly increased, but this improvement is entirely a consequence of the changing demographics’. Read more...

By Choi He-suk. Like almost everything else in Korea, universities here have seen dramatic changes over the past few decades.
In the years immediately following the 1950-1953 Korean War, universities were home to the offspring of the few who could afford higher education for their children. Read more...

By Hassaan Ahmed. Pakistan Today has learnt that an amendment in university rules through an ordinance is on the cards for decreasing the tenure of vice chancellors of public sector universities from four years to two years while several prominent personalities from the country’s higher education circles have vowed to move court against the “planned move”. Read more...

By Samantha Spooner. South African universities employed about 50,000 permanent and temporary faculty members by 2011.
The role of universities in driving economic growth is widely known and was canvassed at the summit. But something very valuable, yet often overlooked, is the pivotal role they play at the core of the economic infrastructure and activity of Africa’s cities and towns. Read more...

By Emily Stewart. The richest universities keep getting richer, thanks in part to increasingly enormous gifts.
According to data from U.S. News & World Report, the average college endowment was $355 million at the end of fiscal 2013. Some institutions, however, have much, much more. Read more...

By Eleanor Harding. President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday pulled up the country’s universities for their failure in making it to the list of world’s top 200 higher educational institutions, saying it was due to their “casual approach” towards international rankings.
“Is it possible to become a world power without a single world class university? In two reputed international rankings of universities, there is not a single entry from India against the top 200 places. I refuse to believe that despite having the second largest higher education system in the world, with over 700 universities and 36,000 colleges, we do not have even one truly outstanding institution. The fault lies in our casual approach. The rankings process should be taken seriously,” he said. Read more...

By Eleanor Harding. Leading universities are setting aside hundreds of exclusive clearing places for overseas students who can boost their coffers with fees of up to £20,000 a year.
This is despite the fact that admissions departments are expected to be inundated with calls from sixth-formers who did not get their expected grades when A-level results are released on Thursday. Read more...