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By Patrick Blessinger. Higher education systems around the world have been undergoing dramatic changes over the past few generations. In fact, the changes have been so dramatic that one could argue we are experiencing an educational revolution that has impacted on every aspect of higher education. Read more...

By Mary Beth Marklein. Shai Reshef is on a mission. Troubled by UNESCO data estimating that millions of people worldwide risk being denied a college education simply because not enough seats will be available for them, he came up with an alternative model where capacity is a non-issue, tuition is free and the curriculum, drawn from Open Educational Resources, is designed by professors from world-class universities. Read more...

By Brendan O’Malley. Graduates who have studied, worked or volunteered abroad are more likely to have a job six months after graduating, and on average they are earning slightly more than other graduates, a new report says. Read more...

By Mary Beth Marklein. Higher education’s “romance with entrepreneurialism” puts the hallowed principle of academic freedom at risk at universities around the world, general counsel for the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, told comparative education researchers on Wednesday. Read more...

By Geoff Maslen. With 30% of new graduates still looking for work four months after leaving university and many taking much longer to find a full-time job in their field of study, Australian business leaders have joined with the nation’s vice-chancellors to launch a “national work integrated learning strategy”. Read more...

By David Jobbins. The universities of Cambridge and Oxford move up from fourth and fifth places respectively in this year’s Times Higher Education, or THE, World Reputation Rankings. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. After a month of occupation of university buildings, University of Amsterdam students are increasingly winning support for their protest against pressure on universities to focus on ‘effectivity’ – producing measurable products as efficiently as possible. Read more...

By Wachira Kigotho. Senegalese President Macky Sall has called on African countries to allocate more than 1% of gross domestic product to research, if the continent is to make headway with its development agenda – and he pledged to become a continental political champion for the cause, alongside the African Union Commission. Read more...

By Wachira Kigotho. Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has challenged African countries to stop armed and political conflicts and embark on strategies to improve higher education in order to pave the way for economic development and social progress. Read more...

By Karen MacGregor. The African Union Commission is planning to convene an African Dialogue later this year to facilitate conversation between political, academic and business leaders about what needs to be done to move the continent towards inclusive growth and prosperity, commission Chair Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma told the African Higher Education Summit. Read more...