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June 3, 2011 VANCOUVER, B.C. – Is the internationalization of higher education suffering from a midlife crisis? Jane Knight, a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, posed that question during a standing-room only session provocatively titled “The End of Internationalization?” Thursday at the NAFSA: Association of International [...]
Read this two page summary about current developments in Thai education here:http://www.inter.mua.go.th/main2/files/file/Plicy&Issue/Overview%20of%20Current%20Thai%20Higher%20Education%20Development.pdf
Reality Check: Hispanic-Serving Institutions on the Texas Border Strategizing Financial Aid Author: Deborah Santiago Publication Date: Feb, 2011 As Latino representation in U.S. higher education grows, a reality check of institutional practices that support Latino students’ access, persistence, and graduation is needed. This brief examines financial aid strategies aimed at increasing enrollment, academic success and [...]
European Higher Education has been undergoing major transformation over the last decade. Most prominent are the now internationally well-known Lisbon Strategy and the Bologna Process. Combined with the creation of the European Higher Education and Research Areas they embody the emergence of a truly European scene, building on the diversity of national systems. But it [...]
Toward A Science of Learning February 14, 2011 By Diana Chapman Walsh In travels around the country, I’ve been seeing signs of a trend in higher education that could have profound implications: a growing interest in learning about learning. At colleges and universities that are solidly grounded in a commitment to teaching, groups of creative [...]
Brazil, Russia, India, China. Key points on the European higher education compass? Brussels, 18 March 2011 Theme In 2001, Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs is credited with having coined the term “BRICs” to refer collectively to the “larger emerging market economies” of Brazil, Russia, India and China. In the intervening years, an enormous amount of [...]
About INQAAHE The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) was established in 1991 with only 8 members. Today the total membership exceeds 200 members. Higher education has dramatically changed over the last two decades. Distance education as well as vocational education have become increasingly more important as is the need for [...]
The Re.ViCa wiki has been set up to provide an inventory and to show the results of a systematic review of Virtual Campus initiatives of the past decade within higher education throughout the world. In this wiki you will find a list of more than 300 interesting Programmes, all of which have been categorised. All [...]
Shared Futures: Global Learning and Social Responsibility Brochure (pdf) Shared Futures: Global Learning and Social Responsibility is a multi-project, national initiative of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. It is based upon the assumption that we live in an interdependent but unequal world and that higher education can help prepare students not only to [...]
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD)The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) fosters human development in higher education through faculty, instructional, and organizational development.POD believes that people have value, as individuals and as members of groups. The development of students is a fundamental purpose of higher education and requires [...]
