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11 mai 2014

Women under-represented in universities despite quotas

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Yojana Sharma. Women are still under-represented in higher education in Afghanistan because of a lack of political commitment, in particular to ensuring a safe and secure environment in the strife-torn country that would enable women to make their way to universities, according to Fawzia Koofi, vice-president of the National Assembly – the first woman to hold that post. Read more...
11 mai 2014

Growing demand for professional management doctorates

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Peta Lee. There is a growing trend towards professional doctorates in management, with the majority being offered in Europe (42%), North America (28%) and Asia (22%). Interestingly, most of the PhDs have been founded in the past 10 years, with more than half of them in Europe. Read more...
11 mai 2014

Universities begin preparing for sweeping reforms

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Jan Petter Myklebust. Danish universities are preparing for extensive changes now that the Productivity Commission and the Quality Commission have delivered their reports. Higher Education and Science Minister Sofie Carsten Nielsen told higher education officials that among other things she wants a focus on quality, new ways of teaching using new technology and more employable graduates. Read more...
11 mai 2014

More research, but it must be world-class – Minister

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Jan Petter Myklebust. Two reports, on the status of higher education and on research, were discussed at a sector conference last Wednesday held by Norway’s Ministry of Education and Research. Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen said he was encouraged by an increase in investment and 12,000 more researchers than a decade ago – but universities needed to produce globally-rated research. Read more...
11 mai 2014

New visa rules will help attract and retain scholars

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Peta Lee. The United States Department of Homeland Security has proposed two new visa rules that it hopes will open doors to the world’s brightest talent. NAFSA – the Association of International Educators – said the rules would help America attract and retain more foreign researchers. Read more...
11 mai 2014

Economics students worldwide call for subject overhaul

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Jan Petter Myklebust. In an open letter published on 5 May, 42 associations of economics students in 19 countries called for more pluralism in the way economics is taught at universities. The letter – which said the subject was in crisis and its lack of intellectual diversity was limiting their ability to contend with multi-dimensional challenges – made waves in media worldwide.
The letter was extensively commented on in major international media like the Financial Times, Guardian, Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, South China Morning Post, Handelsblatt and numerous other news sites, blog-pages and internet links. Read more...
11 mai 2014

Rise of postgraduate education fuels Asia’s economies – UNESCO

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Yojana Sharma. Asian countries have not only seen huge increases in undergraduate enrolment but also in postgraduate education and university-based research as governments try to meet the demand for highly qualified staff to teach at university level. At the same time, research has been seen as a route to economic development, further fuelling the expansion of the sector bolstered by public funds. Read more...
11 mai 2014

Hochschulchefs warnen vor Uni-Kollaps

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/373234_311527535517_1861165001_q.jpgIn Zukunft werden viel mehr Studenten an die Unis strömen als bisher erwartet, zeigt eine neue Prognose. Nun warnen die Hochschulrektoren: Es drohe ein Kollaps, wenn Bund und Länder nicht bald handeln.
Am Donnerstag haben die Kultusminister ihre Erstsemester-Prognose für die kommenden Jahre deutlich nach oben korrigiert, jetzt rufen die Hochschulrektoren um Hilfe: "Um dramatische Konsequenzen für die studierwilligen jungen Menschen und einen Kollaps der Hochschulen zu verhindern", müssten Bund und Länder endlich zusammenarbeiten, fordert der Präsident der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz (HRK) Horst Hippler. Mehr...

11 mai 2014

Studentenboom: Kultusminister korrigieren Studienanfängerzahl erneut nach oben

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/373234_311527535517_1861165001_q.jpgKein Ende in Sicht: Auch in Zukunft werden wohl eine halbe Million Erstsemester pro Jahr an die Unis strömen, sagt die Kultusministerkonferenz jetzt voraus. Sie korrigiert damit frühere Prognosen deutlich nach oben.
Es bleibt eng an Deutschlands Hochschulen: Zuletzt haben in Deutschland so viele junge Menschen ein Studium aufgenommen wie nie zuvor - daran wird sich wohl auch in den kommenden Jahren wenig ändern, teilte die Kultusministerkonferenz (KMK) am Donnerstag in Bonn mit. Mehr...

11 mai 2014

Boom der Privaten: 137.800 Studenten lernen an Bezahlhochschulen

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/373234_311527535517_1861165001_q.jpgImmer mehr junge Leute suchen ihr akademisches Glück an einer privaten Hochschule: Innerhalb eines Jahres stiegen die Zahlen um zehn Prozent - und damit doppelt so stark wie die Anzahl an Studenten insgesamt.
Private Hochschulen werden immer beliebter. Im Wintersemester 2012/13 waren knapp 137.800 Studierende an privaten Hochschulen eingeschrieben, zehn Prozent mehr als im Wintersemester davor. Die Zahl der Studenten insgesamt stieg in diesem Zeitraum hingegen nur um fünf Prozent. Das teilte das Statistische Bundesamt am Dienstag mit. Mehr...

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