International Universities, adrift for years, must now get a grip | A recent audit of public and private universities has laid out in the open what some have long suspected: Kenya’s public institutions are poorly funded and often disgracefully managed. Standing up for the facts in an era of post-truthsContinue Reading
International Revolutionising the global knowledge society | Higher education systems around the world are currently undergoing an academic revolution that is primarily the result of globalisation, democratisation and lifelong learning as a human right. As we move further into the 21st century, these factors will continue to play an importantContinue Reading
International Internationalisation of HE may be accelerating | The increasing wave of nationalist, populist, anti-immigration and anti-globalisation trends in the United States, Europe and countries like Turkey and the Philippines make us wonder if the end of internationalisation is near. Party seeks tighter control of 29 top universities | TheContinue Reading
International No need for a ‘higher education ministry’ | Last month, the Education Ministry revealed that it planned to upgrade its Office of Higher Education Commission (Ohec) into a ministry to lift university standards citing the “crisis in the higher education system”, low rankings of Thai universities, budget restrictions, lowContinue Reading
International Manufacturing internationalisation of higher education | Of the 200 institutions listed in 2016, only 49 are in the 2017 ranking, although the number of institutions listed dropped from 200 to 150. This is understandable because a condition for eligibility was that institutions not only needed to be included inContinue Reading
