The US should take its higher education to the world
Amid growing anti-immigration sentiment, US universities should make greater efforts to export their expertise to where the demand is, says Richard Joseph
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World University Rankings 2023: US stagnating, Oceania rising, and a weak point for China
The global picture is changing, as five countries enter the ranking for the first time – all of them in Africa. Rosa Ellis reportsÂ
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Australia to redraw its science priorities
Bigger focus flagged on Indigenous knowledge, climate science and critical technologies
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Myanmar sentences Australian academic on ‘trumped up’ charges
Hopes that formalisation of economist’s imprisonment could trigger his early release
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Fragility in the system
International students add hugely to the richness of universities. But are the risks of relying on their fees to subsidise so much fully understood?
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Stakes are high across Asia
Money, policies and partnerships aim to unlock the region’s full potential
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Student interest in studying Russian slumps as Ukrainian surges
Scholars say Russia’s war is to blame for decline in first-year students, with some noting ‘unprecedented’ increases in Polish and Ukrainian languages
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Hong Kong universities ‘could suffer’ as population shrinks
But academics note silver lining, with larger number of qualified local high schoolers gaining access to city’s high-quality institutions
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Business schools are complicit in populism’s threats to democracy
The inequalities exacerbated by global capitalism must be challenged by institutions in the service of citizens rather than corporations, says Carl Rhodes
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International student drivers ‘back to pre-pandemic norms’
Covid a memory in most regions as cost, quality, work and migration opportunities guide study destination choices
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Can Japan’s ¥10 trillion excellence drive transform its research?
Scholars warn that Tokyo’s cash injection will reward the few over the many, pushing top institutions closer to industry at the expense of basic research, social sciences and humanities
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China blames US intelligence agency for university cyberattack
NSA used 40 programmes to hack into aerospace university, Beijing claims
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THE Campus Live Asia: virtual mobility here to stay after Covid, say Asian leaders
Digital exchanges prove ‘more inclusive’, offering a ‘taste’ of the real thing
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Troubled waters for cash-starved University of the South Pacific
As biggest member state centralises power while failing to pay its dues, the headwinds battering the pan-regional university are getting a whole lot stronger