Increasingly accountability in education has linked student test scores to teacher and school evaluations. The underlying assumption behind this educator based accountability is that the high stakes linked to student test scores will prompt behavioral change, thus improving student learning. Read more...

The Al-Qaeda Organization and the Islamic State Organization: History, Doctrine, Modus Operandi, and U.S. Policy to Degrade and Defeat Terrorism Conducted in the Name of Sunni Islam
The al-Qaeda Organization (AQO) and the Islamic State Organization (ISO) are transnational adversaries that conduct terrorism in the name of Sunni Islam. It is declared U.S. Government (USG) policy to degrade, defeat, and destroy them. The present book has been written to assist policymakers, military planners, strategists, and professional military educators whose mission demands a deep understanding of strategically-relevant differences between these two transnational terrorist entities. Read more...

The HEA is currently undertaking a review of the model for allocating recurrent grant funding to universities, institutes of technology and colleges. This is a critical exercise that will shape the future direction, performance and impact of higher education. The overall approach is set out in a scoping paper available here. Read more...

Globale Herausforderungen, wie der Klimawandel, eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung, die Ernährungssicherheit oder Migration, machen nicht an Landesgrenzen halt. Kein Land kann alleine Antworten hierauf finden. Lösungen können nur gemeinsam in grenzüberschreitender Zusammenarbeit in Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung erarbeitet werden. Read more...

On Monday 18th January 2016, the Austrian Federal Ministeries BMVIT, BMWFW and Austrian Council (RFTE) together with winnovation hosted an Open Innovation Strategy Stakeholder Workshop as an important first step in gaining feedback and ideas from Austrian society for the development of a new Open Innovation Strategy for Austria (www.openinnovation.gv.at), a first of its kind globally. Read more...

The report illustrates the success of the new policy on the integration of SSH as a cross-cutting issue and it also points out where further efforts are needed.
The report will be published on an annual basis, with the next version to be released in summer 2016 and focusing on the results of the 2015 calls for proposals. Read more...

Science Europe is dedicated to improving the scientific environment within the European research system by seeking to ensure that the research careers of woman and men are equally facilitated. Released today, the latest practical guide from Science Europe, ‘Improving Gender Equality in Research Organisations,’ enables mutual learning between research organisations and directly addresses issues around gender inequality in research. It sets out good practice examples and guides the further development of context specific approaches. Read more...

Former United States vice president Joe Biden soon will begin working for both the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Delaware, heading a new centre and institute that will address foreign policy, the environment, women's rights and other issues important to the former vice president, writes Susan Snyder for Philly.com. Read more...

A South African journal editor has said that scientists and universities have a duty to face down ‘post-truths’ and ensure they have credibility, reports The Huffington Post SA. Read more...

After thinking it over for nearly 10 months, Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli approved the controversial Gujarat Higher Education Council Act-2016 on 1 February giving the state government overarching powers over the functioning of the state's universities, write Kapil Dave and Bharat Yagnik for The Times of India. Read more...