By Yojana Sharma. Many countries in East and Southeast Asia saw two decades of unprecedented expansion in higher education as participation increased, fuelled by rising prosperity and aspirations. More...By Patrick Blessinger and Hans de Wit. Since the inception of the first universities nearly a thousand years ago, the freedom to pursue intellectual inquiry has served as a core value for professors, students and educational institutions. Freedom of inquiry became more important during the Renaissance and Reformation periods as well as the Scientific Revolution because of their focus on freedom of thought and critical inquiry. More...By Jane Knight. Extensive research over the past five years provides solid evidence that international programme and provider mobility (IPPM) is increasing in scope and scale. More...By Rajesh Tandon. Only 14 universities existed in the Arab region in the 1950s. Today, they number nearly 1,000. This rapid expansion, mostly in the past 20 years, has brought challenges for higher education quality. Part of the challenge is down to the significant increase in the number of private institutions in the region. More...By Wondwosen Tamrat. Overly ambitious and unrealistic vision statements will not be able to drag Ethiopian universities higher up the regional and international ranking ladders. Instead, universities might be better off focusing more seriously on what they can achieve locally. More...By Marco Di Donato. Providing a quality education to refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs) and deprived local communities is considered a fundamental way of empowering them and improving their social inclusion. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has repeatedly discussed the importance and benefits of ensuring the inclusion of refugees in national education systems with particular regard to the Syrian crisis and other refugees and immigration cases, as well as ways to achieve this. More...By Carol Ibe. Africa continues to face major socio-economic challenges in its quest to drive economic growth, create employment opportunities and reduce poverty. Scientific advancements can accelerate development across key sectors on the continent, but this would require comprehensive planning, long-term commitment and strategic investments in tertiary education, research capacity building and funding for research and development. More...By Jon Nixon. Ten years ago a global financial crisis shook the neoliberal consensus to its foundations, leaving much of the world precariously balanced between a residual neoliberal economic regime and an emergent populist and anti-liberal order. More...By Wagdy Sawahel. In a bid to tackle graduate unemployment and contribute towards developing a knowledge-based economy, 10 universities in Libya have launched entrepreneurship and innovation centres (EICs) to produce entrepreneurs equipped to run their own businesses. More...By Yojana Sharma. Prakash Javadekar, India’s minister of human resource development responsible for higher education, has said public universities that do not take part in the country’s rankings could face penalties, possibly funding cuts. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
