International Higher education’s role is to reassert universal values | Higher education has a key role to play in countering the spread of populism and nationalism and tackling global challenges such as poverty and climate change, by reasserting universal values of human dignity and the value of science and research,Continue Reading
International The Trump administration tried to save a U.S. university by playing nice with an autocrat. It failed. | In an interview this week at the U.S. Embassy, [Ambassador] Cornstein declined to directly criticize Orban — whom he described as his “friend” — and instead blamed Soros for not cultivatingContinue Reading
International Government sets the stage for higher tuition fees | The Kenyan government has ruled out any future increase in funding to universities, setting the stage for a sharp rise in student fees. The country’s Cabinet Secretary for Education Amina Mohamed said the government can no longer afford to increaseContinue Reading
International Higher education can take a lead in fighting inequity | The first World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) is being held on 28 November. The aim of WAHED is to act as a catalyst for regional, national and global action to address inequalities in access to higher education.Continue Reading
International Universities shouldn’t be playing the global rankings game | The ranking system is based on a snapshot of institutional performance in a given year. It’s a zero-sum game: a gain by one institution is necessarily a loss by another. And as Chris Brink, a former university vice-chancellor, shows, theContinue Reading
