Editor’s Note: As those of you following GlobalHigherEd well know, the big news story of April on the higher education calender was the release of the Leuven Communiqué following the the 6th Bologna Ministerial Conference held in Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve, 28-29th April, 2009. 46 Bologna countries gathered together to review progress toward realizing the objectives of the [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Elephants in the room, and all that: more ‘reactions’ to the Bologna Process Leuven Communiqué
Posted in Bologna process, Europe, European Higher Education Area, European Research Area, Regionalism, tagged Bologna, Europe, European Higher Education, European Research Area, globalization, Leuven Communique on May 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Economic benefits of international education to the United States
Posted in export education, Foreign Students, service exports, USA, tagged Department of State, Foreign Students, IIE, Institute for International Education, international students, NAFSA, service exports, State Department, US universities on May 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Editor’s note: this guest entry was kindly prepared by Jason Baumgartner (pictured to the right) of Indiana University in the United States. Jason has worked for the Office of International Services at Indiana University since 1999. He is the lead software developer of the iOffice application suite, which is a comprehensive immigration case management solution [...]
QS.com Asian University Rankings: niches within niches…within…
Posted in Asia, Audit culture, benchmarking, Global Institutions, Initiatives and Voices, Rankings & Ranking Resources, Regional development, Regionalism, Singapore, Southeast Asia, University Rankings, tagged Asian universities, Asian university rankings, Audit culture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, QS Intelligence, QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd., QS.com Asian University Rankings, rankings, Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, University of Hong Kong, University Rankings on May 12, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Today, for the first time, the QS Intelligence Unit published their list of the top 100 Asian universities in their QS.com Asian University Rankings. There is little doubt that the top performing universities have already added this latest branding to their websites, or that Hong Kong SAR will have proudly announced it has three universities [...]
Bologna: beyond 2010 and over the Ocean – but where to? On new Bologna reports and C. Adelman’s last essay
Posted in Bologna process, Europe, European Higher Education Area, USA, tagged Bologna process, Clifford Adelman, EHEA, ESU, EUA, European Higher Education Area, European Students Union, European University Association, IHEP, Institute for Higher Education Policy, Lumina Foundation, Margaret Spellings, Spellings Commission, Tuning on May 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Editor’s note: this guest entry is by Pavel Zgaga, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Pavel began his academic career at the University of Ljubljana in 1978. In 1990-92 and 2001-2004 he was a member of the University Senate; in 2001-2004 he was Dean of the Faculty of Education. He is Director of the [...]
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