By Karen MacGregor. International research collaboration is a growing national policy preoccupation, according to a 26-country study by the British Council released last week – but quality assurance is lagging behind. Read more...
By Karen MacGregor. The internecine academic ‘conflict’ over league tables flared at last week’s Going Global 2016 conference. The latest Times Higher Education or THE World Reputation Rankings were released, dominated by the planet’s best-endowed universities, while an expert warned against basing policy on “what is essentially a report card on disparities of wealth”. Read more...
By Julie Cafley. The shifting landscape at universities around the world is creating some unfortunate casualties. In the Canadian context, the presidents at the University of British Columbia, the University of Saskatchewan and L’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières are some of its latest victims. Read more...
By Lisa M Dietlin. Gates Cambridge Scholars. Schwarzman Scholars. Knight-Hennessy Scholars. Names assigned to individuals receiving scholarships that aim to promote social leadership and transformation. Read more...
By Roger Chao Jr. With the world focused on Myanmar and its reform process since 2010, it is important to understand that any reform process requires transformational leadership. This transformational leadership can be seen at the national political level, but it can also be seen at the higher education sector level. Read more...
By Heather Nel. Universities globally are increasingly challenged by disruptive innovation that is revolutionary, unpredictable and moving at an unprecedented pace. In this context, universities have to navigate demands for ever-increasing scrutiny from funders, regulatory bodies and societal stakeholders to be accountable for achieving public good purposes such as promoting social justice and equality. Read more...
By Stephen Coan. “We aim to develop the future Nelson Mandela, the next Wangari Maathai, and the African Bill Gates.” There’s nothing shy about the aims of the African Leadership Academy, or ALA, in Honeydew, Johannesburg, South Africa, which, according to its website, “seeks to transform Africa by identifying, developing, and connecting its future leaders”. Read more...
By Carolyn Muriel Shields. The closing months of 2015 bore witness to considerable unrest on numerous American campuses. Immediate demands for redress came from increasing discontent about deep-seated insensitivities and inequities resulting from the historic and entrenched institutional racism and discrimination that pervades higher education institutions. Read more...
By John Gerritsen. New Zealand’s universities have warned that a government review aimed at increasing the productivity of the tertiary education system could undermine them. Read more...
By Jan Petter Myklebust. The government has ordered a review of the regulatory framework for universities to see how well higher education prepares young people for work options. It will look at how the legal framework and the development contracts of universities are supporting the political objectives of high quality and will examine the relevance of higher education provision. Read more...
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