By Joshua Kim. Have you been to the Mall of America (MOA) in Bloomington MN?By Joshua Kim. How have your professional interests evolved over your career?By Joshua Kim. I don’t think that I’m the first person to say that careers should be treated as experiments. This sounds like something that I stole from Wired Magazine or something - but I can’t find the source for the idea on Google. Read more...
By Hans de Wit. Over the past weeks a series of reports and articles have circulated addressing issues related to the increased numbers of international students coming to the US. It is important to look at those publications together to gain perspective on the commercial (and potentially corrupt) activities resulting from the trend. Read more...
By Stéphanie Mignot-Gérard. The worldwide ranking industry in higher education is more abundant than ever. Much has been said about the strong effects—sometimes irrational—of rankings upon institutional strategy and priorities, including internal choices about budgets allocation, the institution’s policies regarding admission and pricing. Read more...
By Dante Salto. National traditions have played a major role when it comes to favoring public or private sector higher education expansion. For example, Argentina reached “universal” thresholds mainly through public sector enrollment, Chile (since the 1980s) mainly through the private sector. Read more...
By Damtew Teferra. I had the privilege of speaking at the recent Norad-organized conference “Knowledge for Development” which prompted me to reflect on some of the emerging qualities of the NORHED program and others in South-North partnership. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. It all started on November 3, 2010. That was the day when Santa Ono sent out his first tweet. It was an invitation for an event at the University of Cincinnati where Ono was then serving as provost. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. So much emotion. That's what was going through my head (and heart?) when I watched the first video in this list. In fact, I was so captivated by the stories and emotional swell that I literally forgot how to write...that's always a good sign in my book. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. The Student Affairs subreddit has more than 1,000 subscribers and it tends to be quite active. About a month ago, a thread was posted with the title "Career Services vs. Academic Advising." The post came from someone who was looking at an internship in either career services or academic advising. Read more...
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