Posts from WorldWise
If the university can’t guarantee that laborers on its United Arab Emirates campus are treated fairly, how can it guarantee that its professors there can teach without concern? Matt J. Duffy explains.
When it comes to support for university research in Australia, one lecturer says, “More budget cuts, please.”
Given the global surge in interest in university rankings, American colleges should have anticipated the president’s plan, says Ellen Hazelkorn.
Sending students to developing countries is in vogue, but so-called traditional locations still offer rich educational environments, says Michael Woolf.
Academics appear to have become more courteous to one another, but nasty online rants remain pervasive, says Nigel Thrift.
If overseas programs aren’t revamped for a generation of globally minded students, they risk becoming marginalized, says William G. Durden.
Australia and Indonesia are on the vanguard of important developments in higher education that the world should be watching, says Nigel Thrift.
Previous big efforts to expand overseas study have failed; here’s how the latest push can avoid their mistakes, writes Mark Salisbury, of Augustana College in Illinois.
While the focus has rightfully been on the violent crackdown, higher education is at the heart of the fight, says Marion Lloyd.
In the digital age, societal trends can grow in short amounts of time, calling for a new way to study human behavior, says Nigel Thrift.
