By William Gaskill - EvoLLLution. In most university-affiliated programs, IEP directors have considerable autonomy and a wide range of responsibilities in addition to academic and administrative oversight. These include developing and managing large budgets, marketing and program promotion, establishing partnerships and agreements with overseas study abroad consulting agencies, and overseas student recruiting. More...
By Jackie Anderson - EvoLLLution. Change in higher education is an anomaly. Universities still do the same thing, the same way, as the last three centuries of administrators/educators before. The mere mention of changing existing processes or structure evokes many emotions from staff, including fear, confusion and stress. More...
By Elizabeth Dooley - EvoLLLution. Adult students have unique perspectives and specific needs. Institutions are finding a range of ways to meet these needs. For example, West Virginia, like many other states, offers a flexible, non-traditional Regents degree program for adult learners. More...
By Laura Weidner - EvoLLLution. A community college lives and dies by its reputation for quality instruction and learning outcomes. If the quality of that learning is compromised in any way, the entire institution is hurt. A poor quality course—whether delivered online, on campus, or onsite at a corporate workplace—can create negative ripples in numerous directions. More...
By Jeff Fanter - EvoLLLution. Engagement can be defined in a number of different ways. I believe one of the most important, yet simplest, forms of engagement is being able to assist a student whenever they need assistance, wherever they are. More...
By John Ebersole - EvoLLLution. It has often been noted that institutions of higher education are prone to “follow the leader” behavior, especially when it comes to innovation and the acceptance of new ideas. What the big-name institutions say, adopt and do is seen as providing a type of legitimacy that can be used as “cover” for decision-makers at lesser-known schools. If Harvard, Stanford or MIT are doing something new (say, MOOCs), then it’s seen as acceptable for others. More...
Last Minute Offers est un site Web, développé à l'initiative d'Eurodesk, qui permet d'accéder à des offres de mobilité internationale à la dernière minute (stages, échanges, chantiers, volontariat...).
Les jeunes, qui souhaitent partir à l'étranger, peuvent consulter les offres et s'inscrire. Les organismes de mobilité internationale peuvent diffuser leurs offres. Voir l'article...
By . After 1989, Romanian society moved from communism to building a democratic and market based economy, aiming to reintegrate in the European family through its political, economic, social and cultural system. In this transition process, the higher education was considered to have a specific role in creating a research and innovation system at the European level. At present, Romania is considered a modest innovator by the European Commission and at the same time an efficiency-driven country, as opposed to other EU countries that are either in the transition process or are already in the innovation-driven phase. More...
By . In April 2015, the Malaysian Ministry of Higher of education released a 10 year strategy plan, the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2015-2025 which took two years to compile. In a video of the prime minister’s speech that discusses the strategy, he discusses the goals and deduces the plan to three main aspects referred to as the three B’s. More...
By . The new QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 released on April 29th on TopUniversities.com, features a record-breaking 36 disciplines making it the largest ever ranking of its kind.
The expert opinion of 85,062 academics and 41,910 employers informed the results, alongside the analysis of 17.3 million research papers and over 100 million citations (Scopus/Elsevier bibliometric database). More...
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