International One last chance to save a bastion of higher education | [T]wo things in particular are hurting the University of Juba and the public tertiary education institutions most – the fixed salaries and tuition fees, both of which have been declining in real value due to depreciation of theContinue Reading
International ‘Rebels and Rage’ extract: The many angles to the free higher education debate | Is there legitimacy to the ANC’s position that free higher education for all is not immediately feasible in [South Africa]? Of course, it depends on what one means by free higher education. Should it simplyContinue Reading
International Subtle biases block women from leading universities | In 2014, the first year with available data for vice-rectors, the proportion of female vice-rectors in these 36 countries was 24.3%. Thus, the female share in recent years seems to be only slightly increasing. Regarding the top institutional position, meaning rectorContinue Reading
International US loses one in five top spots in global subject ranking | The United States’ higher education system is continuing to decline in the global rankings, losing almost 20% of top rankings for its university departments in the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject, which ranks more thanContinue Reading
International Has marketisation of higher education reached its limits? | Quality metanarratives, made up of an overlapping number of norms, standards and agencies, offer images of transparency, accountability and excellence within a context of public funding cuts and rising consumerism. Studies show that this market-based quality brouhaha, replete with leagueContinue Reading
