The intensifying global university and subject rankings have had a far-reaching influence on the development of China's higher education policy. More...
24 février 2018
24 février 2018
Shifting Views on International Students and Teaching in English in the Netherlands
In a progressively more polarized world, a nuanced approach to internationalization is increasingly important and it should not be a debate about the numbers of programs taught in English, international students, or branch campuses. More...
24 février 2018
Laureate Shifts Focus
By Ashley A. Smith. Global education giant Laureate sells off some international institutions and refocuses on emerging markets. More...
24 février 2018
How Russian Bots Spread Fear at University in the U.S.
By Scott Jaschik. Journal article reveals that anger and confusion at University of Missouri in 2015 were due in part to fabricated reports that were part of a disinformation campaign from Russia. More...
23 février 2018
Canceling Plans for a China Campus
By Elizabeth Redden. Dutch university calls off ambitious branch campus in China amid both practical objections to the campus plans and principled concerns about academic freedom. More...
23 février 2018
NSF to Close Overseas Offices
By Elizabeth Redden. The National Science Foundation is closing its three overseas offices, which are located in Beijing, Brussels and Tokyo, in favor of what the agency described as a new model of international engagement that “will deploy NSF experts for short-term expeditions to selected areas to explore opportunities for collaboration.” More...
23 février 2018
More Scrutiny for Confucius Institutes; One to Close
By Elizabeth Redden. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio wrote to four Florida colleges and universities Monday asking them to close their Confucius Institutes, centers of Chinese language and cultural education that are housed in U.S. colleges or schools and funded and staffed by a Chinese government entity. One of those colleges -- the University of West Florida -- said in a statement it had already decided to close its Confucius Institute. More...
23 février 2018
Dutch University Won't Offer Degrees on China Campus
By Elizabeth Redden. The University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, announced on Monday that it will “reconsider” its plans for a campus in Yantai, China, and that it will not move ahead with a proposal to offer Groningen degrees there. A statement from the university cites “insufficient support within the University Council,” the elected body representing Groningen’s faculty and students. More...
23 février 2018
Sharp rise in international students, but mobility falls
By Brendan O’Malley. All eight of New Zealand’s universities reported growth in international student numbers in 2016 and in revenue generated from international students’ fees, the second international benchmark study for New Zealand reveals. More...23 février 2018
L'Université de Limoges lie un partenariat avec une université de l’Île Maurice
L’Université de Limoges va accompagner l’Université mauricienne des Mascareignes dans la mise en place de sa gouvernance, sa pédagogie et sa recherche suivant le système européen LMD.
Il s'agit là d'un partenariat unique sur la scène universitaire française. Tout simplement car c'est l’Université de Limoges qui porte la création et l’animation de l’Université des Mascareignes. Plus...
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