New research shows there's a considerable gap between men and women when it comes to being promoted to the top jobs in the country's universities, writes Conan Young for Radio NZ. Read more...
29 juin 2016
29 juin 2016
Elite universities call for cap on student places
The nation's elite Group of Eight universities has proposed that the federal government reintroduce limits on how many students each university can enrol, a suggestion slammed by other vice-chancellors as "cancerous" and "selfish", writes Matthew Knott for The Sydney Morning Herald. Read more...
29 juin 2016
Education minister questioned over Erdogan’s diploma
Idris Baluken, People's Democratic Party deputy parliamentary group co-chair, has addressed a parliamentary question to Education Minister Ismet Yilmaz, asking him to clarify the mystery surrounding the validity of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s university diploma, reports Hurriyet Daily News. Read more...
29 juin 2016
Musician Prince to get posthumous honorary degree
Just call him ‘Dr Prince’. The late superstar never went to college but the University of Minnesota is going to posthumously give him an honorary doctorate of letters later this year, writes Maria Puente for USA Today. Read more...
29 juin 2016
Building world-class universities in India
By William G Tierney. The Indian government recently announced the desire to have 20 universities that are ranked among the world’s great universities. Although that goal is praiseworthy, the ability to make the dream a reality seems far-fetched based on my experiences over the past year doing research on higher education in India. Read more...
29 juin 2016
National university ranking in need of improvements
By Anand Kulkarni and Angel Calderon. Around the world there is growing engagement with international university rankings, from students, parents, academics and institutional planners. It is unsurprising that India, which fares relatively poorly in the internationally recognised rankings, should be jumping on this bandwagon. Read more...
29 juin 2016
Leaving the Soviet model of control over universities
By Gerard Postiglione and Xiaoyu Chen. As China finds itself inching closer to becoming the world’s innovative largest economy, it looks to its universities to sustain the pace of economic growth. More than a few scholars question whether this is possible with the limited autonomy accorded by the state to China’s universities. Read more...
29 juin 2016
Look at the bigger picture – Brexit is about democracy
By Chris Bickerton and Lee Jones. So far, the debate on ‘Brexit’ has been utterly laughable, reflecting both the narrowness and short-sightedness of contemporary politics, and the fact that the debate is being ‘led’ on both sides by conservatives. Read more...
29 juin 2016
Who will plug the funding gap in the event of Brexit?
By Daniel Hook. On 23 June the United Kingdom will go to the polls to participate in the most important referendum in decades: to remain as an integrated partner in the European Union or to loosen ties to Europe and to go it alone. Read more...
29 juin 2016
A narrower, more parochial UK?
By Elspeth Jones and Hans de Wit. In the current debate over whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union or leave, issues concerning international students have not featured large. These temporary residents have not been seen as problematic by sections of the public keen to see a reduction in net migration and are not perceived in the same way as other ‘immigrants’. Read more...
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