By Sean Coughlan. Leading universities will offer fully accredited undergraduate courses online within five years, says the co-founder of a US online university network.
Daphne Koller, president of Coursera, said the necessary technology was available but universities had been hesitant about their "reputation". More...
By Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board. City government’s move was something of a gamble – this was a brave new world for higher education in Santa Fe. The College of Santa Fe was a historic New Mexico institution started by the Christian Brothers that had connections and a legacy in the community that were vast; Laureate was a rapidly expanding for-profit company based in Baltimore that now has institutions on every inhabited continent on earth. Laureate agreed to, 27-year lease at $2.35 million a year on the Santa Fe campus. More...
By Martin C. Spicer. Latin America could be on the verge of an epochal transformation. Over the next few years, middle-income jobs – particularly in the services sector – are expected to account for nearly all of the region’s employment growth. Forecasters say that countries in the region could add approximately 14-23 million well-paying jobs through 2018 – if employers can find workers with the skills they need. More...
By Beckie Smith. Global education provider Study Group has announced two new partnerships in the US, as well as the launch of a new pathway at one of its existing pathway centres, as the company strives to further its reach in North America. More...
By Sara Custer. Brazil’s flailing economy has hit the study travel sector from several angles creating a tough trading climate that shows few signs of improving. More...
By Joanna Hughes. Have you always dreamed of living in the paradise of Hawaii? Well, the prospect of overcoming the state’s high cost of living in order to do so just got a bit better. But there is one condition: You need to be a teacher specializing in “special education, secondary mathematics and secondary science.” Let’s take a closer look at how the teacher shortage in Hawaii is spurring a massive teacher hunt with an attractive incentive scheme attached to it, along with what teachers in Hawaii can expect to earn in the Aloha state. More...
Par Charles-Alexandre Louaas. Une jeune femme abandonnée à sa naissance dans la buanderie d’une université vient d’obtenir, 31 ans plus tard, une licence dans ce même établissement. Une belle revanche. Suite...
Unis in den USA dürfen Bewerber nicht nur nach ihren Zeugnisnoten, sondern auch nach der Hautfarbe auswählen. Das hat das oberste US-Gericht nach einem jahrelangen Rechtsstreit entschieden. Mehr...
Nach der Vorlesung Sonne tanken und am Strand surfen - so sorgenfrei und entspannt stellen sich viele ein Studium im "Golden State", im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien, vor. Aber die Wirklichkeit sieht für zehntausende Studenten ganz anders aus, hat eine Untersuchung der California State University (CSU) ergeben. Mehr...
By . Often, I think, I am seen as a bit of a downer on Canada. It goes with the territory: my role in Canadian higher education is i) “the guy who knows what’s going on in other countries and ii) “the guy who pokes the bear”. So frequently I ending up writing blogs saying why isn’t Canada doing X or wouldn’t it be great if we were more like Y, and people get the impression I’m down on the North. More...
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