By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. In Features, Brennan Weiss reports that university law schools in the Philippines are putting themselves and their students on the frontline in a battle for justice in the anti-drugs war that has seen thousands killed – in legitimate police operations and by unknown gunmen – and witnesses afraid to testify amid alleged injustices committed by government agencies. Also in Features, Gilbert Nakweya writes that mobile learning has the potential to give millions of refugees and displaced people in Africa a chance to empower themselves by bringing tertiary education to people ‘where they are’.In Commentary, Savo Heleta and Tohiera Moodien argue that the Sustainable Development Goals have missed the mark by neglecting the need to build capacity in higher education in developing countries and by promoting brain drain in these countries through advocating scholarships for study abroad. Ivan F Pacheco argues that the plans of the government of Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia for higher education reform – while on the right track – are overly ambitious for the time he has left in power. Futao Huang outlines the many challenges facing higher education quality assurance in East Asia and suggests that quality assurance mechanisms need to be more independent of government. And Gabriel Hawawini shares the experiences of France’s INSEAD business school in setting up a successful second campus in Singapore, which may be useful for other institutions seeking a similar internationalisation journey.
In our World Blog this week, Margaret Andrews wonders how many universities are looking ahead to create the future of higher education, rather than waiting for it to happen to them.
In our section on Academic Freedom, Janroj Yilmaz Keles calls for an international academic boycott of Turkish universities and targeted action against those who have persecuted hundreds of Turkish academics, including the Academics for Peace signatories. More...
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