Philip G. Altbach is Research Professor and Founding Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.
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No ‘rush to India’ by top-ranked universities, academics say timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
University rankings: Assessing the newest kid on the block universityworldnews.com/post…
Students more optimistic even as China battles Covid surge timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
It takes more than money for China to lure the best talent to its universities.
China’s Young Thousand Talents fails to attract ‘top’ scientists timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
India’s higher education is opening up. But is it ready? universityworldnews.com/post…
What the Nobels tell us about science and higher education universityworldnews.com/post…
A Playbook for Knocking Down Higher Ed chronicle.com/article/a-play…
This is why America's potential for winning Nobel prizes in the future will be much reduced. Less basic research means fewer Nobels -- and a weakened economy and society.
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Globalization is not dead. Here is the label from a bag of cashew nuts from Costco. Product from many countries. Packaged in Vietnam. And it ends up on the shelf at Costco.
Globalization is not dead. Here is the label from a bag of cashew nuts from Costco. Product from many countries. Packaged in Vietnam. And it ends up on the shelf at Costco.
More traditional-age students enroll at fully online universities insidehighered.com/news/2022…
An interesting trend, of course. But especially for high school grads, does a one-year BA by distance educ constitute education? Perhaps a title of skills training?
The decoupling with the West will be hard on China’s HE universityworldnews.com/post…
How US-China relations affect Massachusetts universities bostonglobe.com/2022/09/06/o… via @BostonGlobe
India’s elite private universities are a breath of fresh air timeshighereducation.com/opi… via @timeshighered This is one of the most interesting developments in Indian higher education in recent years.
Internazionalizzazione nell’istruzione superiore https:/www.sussidiarieta.net/nuova-atlantide/cn3554/internazionalizzazione-nell-rsquo-istruzione-superiore.html
Much of the for-profit sector in the US is a key cause for student debt and other bad practices. Biden sets new limits on for-profit colleges timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
If India wants "world class" higher eduction--academic freedom must be assured. Scholars ‘reprimanded by universities’ for criticising Indian government timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
Strengthening doctoral education in Africa is of great importance if African universities are to develop top research capacity. New book interrogates doctoral training across continent universityworldnews.com/post…
The academic publishing system is in deep crisis. This article points out some of the problems. Academic publishing: Don’t let the number crunchers win universityworldnews.com/post…
Why has UNESCO ignored the key research mission of universities? Research mission of universities – Missing from UNESCO roadmap universityworldnews.com/post…
India is interested in hosting branch campuses--and also establishing some overseas--problems are significant. A Harvard branch in India, prospects and challenges - The Hindu thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a…
