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Europe's Budget Crisis Hits Universities
“There will be fewer institutions: A lot of the smaller institutions will have been merged and institutions will be encouraged to specialize,” Mr. Byrne said.Prof Martin Bean, vice chancellor of the Open University, which has led the way in online learning.
UK universities are wary of getting on board the mooc train | Education
I came across the news first on Twitter from the @timeshighered account :
Which University? The One With Good News or the One Which is Open and Transparent?
Community engagement: We need to deepen the discourse Posted on September 18, 2012 by Margo Fryer
Taking the Plunge | Community engagement: We need to deepen the discourse
Margin Notes | The future of universities is all doom and gloom
The future of universities is all doom and gloom Posted on 6 November 2012 by Léo Charbonneau Doom to the left, gloom to the right.
Expansion by Big Ten May Bring Small Payoff
Nick Wass/Associated Press Maryland plays in a state with low avidity for college football.
How many Indian and Chinese students go abroad every year? | DrEducation: International Higher Education Blog by Rahul Choudaha, PhD
How many Indian and Chinese students go overseas to study every year?"A revolution is brewing in the higher education sector with foreign universities waiting for India to open its doors to them .", says The Telegraph in August 2009 and Inside Higher Ed echoed the optimism and prospects of finding " a passage to India " for foreign universities.
How China Saved International Student Enrollment in the US? | DrEducation: International Higher Education Blog by Rahul Choudaha, PhD
Her mom wanted her to go into science and become a pharmacist. But after test-driving a number of subjects at Brandon University, Carissa Taylor chose English, with minors in philosophy and theatre. “For me, it’s more important to be happy than financially secure,” the 21-year-old says.
Can Canada's schools pass the next great intelligence test?
Common reading program starts at Queens.
What first-year students are reading
Brave new buildings
At universities across the country, scientists are happily leaving the isolation of their old labs and offices to discover the “intellectual collisions” in new collaborative spaces.College graduation rates continued to improve around the world during the recession, according to a recent international economic study.