Create Change - Challenging the Crisis in Scholarly Communication
This website created by the University of Glasgow is intended to address the crisis in the process by which researchers publish their work and access the work of others. More...
Higher education is headed for a supply and demand crisis
During a recent assembly at the elementary school my two daughters attend, a visitor asked how many children planned to go to college. Nearly every hand in the room shot up. More...
Higher ed is headed for a supply and demand crisis
During a recent assembly at the elementary school my two daughters attend, a visitor asked how many children planned to go to college. Nearly every hand in the room shot up. More...
Why students are the answer to psychology’s replication crisis
Recently, more than 270 psychologists set out to repeat 100 experiments to see if they could generate the same results. They successfully replicated only 39 of the 100 studies. More...
Universities feel sting of economic, political crisis
Venezuela’s economic and political crisis has sparked food and medical shortages, the world’s highest inflation rate and allegations of a power grab by the ruling socialists. But it is also threatening the country’s future by ravaging higher education, write Rachelle Krygier and Anthony Faiola for The Washington Post. More...Are we ready to prevent the next food price crisis?
When prices of staple food crops soared in international markets in 2007-10, it was a wakeup call for many world leaders to take action. In view of millions of families being pushed into hunger, the G20 decided to create the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) to combat excessive volatility by enhancing transparency and policy co-ordination in international food markets. More...
The Other Student Debt Crisis
There’s a pernicious college finance problem you haven’t heard of, David Scobey warns: the nonpayment of institutional fees and charges that blocks many thousands of students from graduating or re-enrolling. More...
South Africa has a reading crisis: why, and what can be done about it
La crise économique de 2008 a accentué les inégalités de retour à l’emploi
Comme dans toutes les régions, la crise économique de 2008 a pesé sur le retour à l’emploi des demandeurs d’emploi dans le Grand Est. En 2012, deux ans après son inscription à Pôle emploi, un demandeur d’emploi sur cinq a déclaré retrouver une activité professionnelle. Plus...
