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16 décembre 2015

In Education City, US colleges face tough assignment

Terms were generous: academic freedom guaranteed, world-class facilities, expenses fully covered. All Northwestern had to do was build a programme on par with those at its home campus outside Chicago, and award degrees here bearing its name. Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Texas A&M and Virginia Commonwealth universities all struck the same bargain with Qatari leaders. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

Students struggle to follow lectures in ‘bad’ English

Some lectures at Dutch universities and Hoger beroepsonderwijs or higher professional education colleges are given in such bad English that no one can understand them, according to research by students’ union LSVb, reports Dutch News. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

Top-down leadership approach ‘key to university success’

Centralised university governance where those at the top have broad powers to make decisions is the best way to propel an institution to success – but can also lead to “disaster” if the wrong people are in charge, a university head has argued, writes David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

Universities add course in female genital mutilation

Three Tanzanian universities are offering a new course on female genital mutilation to train health care professionals to deal with victims of the harmful practice that is still widespread although illegal, writes Kizito Makoye for Reuters. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

University professors vote with their feet

Millions of Venezuelans voiced their displeasure with President Nicolas Maduro's United Socialist Party by giving opposition parties an overwhelming victory in congressional elections last Sunday. But over the past few years, a flood of disgruntled Venezuelans have been voting with their feet, and college professors are among them, writes John Otis for NPR. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

University affirmative action questioned in Supreme Court

Members of the US Supreme Court clashed over the value of university affirmative action policies, and pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy raised the prospect that the court might put off issuing a broad ruling, writes Greg Stohr for Bloomberg. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

Bribery confession challenges integrity of admissions

The recent confession to bribery by Cai Rongsheng, the former admissions director for Renmin University, has called into question the integrity of the Chinese college admission system, writes Michael Forsythe for The New York Times. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

Driving up market share of foreign undergraduates

By Nicola Jenvey. While a UK Higher Education International Unit study has credited that country with the highest satisfaction ratings for international undergraduate students, there was no room for complacency in recruiting new students. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

Has hope returned to public science?

By Grace Karram Stephenson. This has been a tumultuous year, marked by contentious debates, violence and political upheaval. From Beirut to Paris to American campus shootings, we have held our breath waiting for the next crisis. But in Canada a different story is being told. Read more...
16 décembre 2015

Corruption, extortion, war – Welcome to Ukraine

By Ararat L Osipian. Over the past decade, through efforts at the federal, state and institutional levels, Germany has steadily defined its goals and aligned its priorities for successfully promoting the internationalisation of its higher education system. Read more...
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