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16 février 2015

La Cour : 1924 recommandations

Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. La Cour des comptes a rendu public, le 11 février 2015, son rapport public annuel. Ce rapport se compose de deux tomes. Le premier expose une sélection d’observations et de recommandations. Le second traite de l’organisation, des missions de la Cour et des suites données aux recommandations formulées antérieurement.
Trois rapports 2015 concernent l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche. 1. Le réseau des œuvres universitaires et scolaires : une modernisation indispensable. 2. La gestion des chercheurs : des améliorations encore nécessaires. 3. Le chantier de Jussieu et la conduites des grandes opérations immobilières des universités franciliennes : des enseignements à tirer. Suite...

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16 février 2015

Wikipedia use - nothing to be ashamed about

Academics and students alike should be making better use of Wikipedia, a major study of digital technology use in Higher Education has recommended.

The Australia-UK collaboration led by Professor Neil Selwyn at Monash University’s Faculty of Education found that while Wikipedia was a popular background resource with students, it had not supplanted traditional sources of intellectual scholarship and authority. More...

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16 février 2015

Blade ‘not likely’ to agree to extra year of varsity study

By Bongani Nkosi. Extending degrees to prepare matrics for university may cut the dropout rate but would have cost implications for already cash-strapped students.
A Council on Higher Education proposal to extend tertiary undergraduate studies by a year to improve student performance stands a good chance of being snubbed by the government. More...

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16 février 2015

Competition for masters’ students heats up at Dutch universities

A few years ago it would have been unthinkable, but now Dutch universities are competing with each other for master’s students, the Volkskrant reports on Wednesday.
Universities are advertising in each other’s magazines and hanging up posters on competing campuses to try to attract students. Amsterdam, for example, is focusing on attracting students from Leiden and Utrecht. Leiden is active in Amsterdam, Groningen, Rotterdam and Utrecht. Read more...

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15 février 2015

How does university support improve international students’ well-being?

By Jaehee Cho and Hongsik Yu. According to the Open Doors 2014 report, published by the Institute of International Education, there was an 8.1% increase in international students studying in the US from 2013 to 2014. There are 231 US institutions that host more than 1,000 international students. This number is also continuously increasing. Read more...

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15 février 2015

Why the social sciences matter

By Jonathan Michie. Despite various claims over the years about the ‘end of history’, and that ‘there is no such thing as society’, it seems patently clear that society faces problems and challenges as great as ever – whether it’s climate change, increasing inequality or conflict and civil war. Read more...

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15 février 2015

Equal access: Is it just about fees?

By Francisco Marmolejo. The title of the recent blog written by my colleague Harry Patrinos couldn’t be more direct and clear: “Make the Rich Pay for University”. Read more...

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15 février 2015

International links have vital role in times of global tension

By Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit. At the start of 2015, after a year of increased political and military tension growing in several parts of the world, including Europe, as well as the fundamentalist attacks in Paris, it is relevant to look at its implications for higher education.
The current global climate will inevitably affect international higher education. Increased nationalist, religious and ideological conflicts challenge the original ideas of international cooperation and exchange in higher education as promoters of peace and mutual understanding and of global engagement. Read more...

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15 février 2015

HE minister’s hands are tied on funds for teaching

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The new Minister for Higher Education and Research, Helene Hellmark Knutsson, is facing an uphill task to convince the sector that she can invest in education as well as research, given the uncertain political situation. Read more...

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15 février 2015

International students bring money, skills and jobs

By Alejandro Ortiz, Li Chang and Yuanyuan Fang. International students contributed almost US$27 billion to the US economy in 2014, which corresponds to a 12% increase versus 2013 when the total was US$24 billion. Read more...

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