The attack on our higher education system — and why we should welcome it
George Siemens, TED Blog, February 3, 2014
George Siemens offers one of his better columns this week in the TED blog (of all places). More...

Signs of Surrender in Public Higher Ed
John Warner, Inside Higher Ed, January 2, 2014
I write today in Half an Hour responding to a story in Inside Higher Ed called Signs of Surrender in Public Higher Ed. John Warner uses as a metaphor the 'surrender' of the press, as follows: "The rationale for Time’s move is that the magazine can now “explore new revenue opportunities,” which is code for the “native advertising” practices utilized at websites like Buzzfeed – which substitutes memes for news - and Politico - which makes no apologies for the fact that its Chief White House Correspondent engages in de facto influence peddling, as amply demonstrated by Erik Wemple at the Washington Post." Fair enough. More...

Les établissements d'enseignement supérieur devront accueillir 327 000 étudiants supplémentaires entre 2016 et 2026, dont 215 000 dans les universités (+11,8 %). Les formations d'ingénieurs non universitaires devraient absorber une hausse de 22 % de leurs effectifs, les écoles de commerce et facultés privées +18 %. La raison de cette importante hausse : le boom démographique des années 2000.
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Enseignement-superieur.-327-000-etudiants-supplementaires-attendus-d-ici-a-2026