By Jeffrey J. Selingo. The Washington Post’s Steven Pearlstein recently took on the thankless task of explaining why the price tag of a college degree continues to outpace inflation, and in doing so, he offered four “tough things” that universities should do to contain costs. Some of his suggestions were roundly criticized as outdated or playing into stereotypes about American higher education. More...

Eine Umfrage von Uniplaces über die Erwartungen von Studenten in 2016 enthüllt: 79% der deutschen Studierenden würden ins Ausland gehen, falls sie keinen Job finden.
Uniplaces (www.uniplaces.com/de), die Online-Plattform für die Buchung von Studentenwohnungen, hat in einer Umfrage enthüllt, dass obwohl die deutschen Studierenden weiterhin positiv in die Zukunft blicken, würden 79% der Studenten ins Ausland gehen, falls sie nach dem Studium keinen Job finden. Mehr...

Researchers from Shanghai University Report on Findings in Higher Education (Return Migration of the Highly Skilled in Higher Education Institutions: a Chinese University Case) 
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- Investigators publish new report on Higher Education. According to news originating from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "The war for global talents' becomes increasingly fierce worldwide with the thriving of knowledge-based new economy. Many countries are implementing new initiatives to encourage their citizens trained overseas to return with their globalised work competencies." More...

By Henry Wanyama. A second American university plans to establish a fully-fledged campus in Kenya.
California Miramar University, which was started in 2005, has been allowed to collaborate with East African University.
The US university is fully accredited and recognised by the Commission for Higher Education and Accreditation and the US department of education. More...

By Andy Westwood. Both introduced or accelerated a barrage of metrics and rankings – GCSE performance, Ofsted gradings and various institutional incentives and flexibilities as well. Both also wanted to increase the attractiveness of teaching as a career and encourage the best university graduates to become teachers. Intriguingly, both also saw the importance of thinking about getting different people into the classroom and letting them evangelise about how much they liked it. More...

By Aidan Byrne. The importance of a world-class research system as a foundation of an innovative economy cannot be over stated. Earlier this week, a report produced by the Department of Industry’s chief economist Mark Cully that showed Australia has a strong and improving research system. More...