By Bruno Morche. In the last few weeks, reports and articles have highlighted the performance of higher education in China. Data shows that the number of international students from China is soaring. Catherine Montgomery discussed the Chinese higher education megaproject. The QS university rankings 2018 released in June showed the rise of East Asia and Pacific universities, mainly the Chinese ones. Read more...
By Geoff Maslen. In its report*, the Higher Education Standards Panel rejects claims that increasing student attrition rates are due to low admission standards, ill-prepared students, and are a direct result of Australia’s “demand driven” system. Read more...
By Adam Harris, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Immediately after President Donald Trump was elected, borrower advocates and lawmakers expressed concern about what would happen to the Obama-era regulations aimed at holding for-profit colleges accountable. Read more...
By Jan Petter Myklebust. University and student leaders have voiced opposition to a government proposal, announced on 12 June, to outlaw the covering of the face in learning institutions, from kindergarten to universities. Read more...
By Jan Petter Myklebust. The key finding of the report, Economic Contribution of the Finnish Universities, is that in 2016 the economic contribution of Finnish universities equated to over 6% of economic output and more than 5% of employment. Read more...
By Brendan O’Malley. The Open University or OU – the world’s first successful distance teaching university – is going digital and being streamlined in a bid to “radically reinvent itself” and make massive savings in the run-up to its 50th anniversary. Read more...
By Brendan O’Malley. The president of one of Ireland’s leading universities has warned that the institution may have to limit the number of places available to Irish students if the government fails to improve the funding situation for universities. Read more...
By Brendan O’Malley. Overseas study and transnational education, or TNE, may perpetuate social inequality, according to a paper written by researchers at two universities in China. Read more...
By Brendan O’Malley. Ahead of the formal start of Brexit talks on Monday, university leaders have said that the United Kingdom's world-leading university sector should help shape the negotiations and that UK universities provide the “antidote to the UK’s Brexit challenges”. Read more...
Université du Troisième Âge – the University of the Third Age – of Mauritius or U3AM was opened four years ago and today has about 500 students, all over 55 years old, studying more than 25 courses. Read more...
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