Editors’ note: Anne Corbett‘s entry below was originally published in Open Democracy (19 January 2011). Our thanks to David Hayes for permission to repost it here. Anne Corbett’s previous entries in GlobalHigherEd include ‘From the big picture to close ups: in Zagreb and Vienna the week the European Higher Education Area was launched‘ and ‘Fit for [...]
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Students: hitch up to Europe
Posted in Bologna process, European Higher Education Area, student protests, student unions, tagged Bologna process, European Commission, European Higher Education Area, student protests on January 24, 2011 | 5 Comments »
An Indiana University response to ‘A question (about universities, global challenges, and an organizational-ethical dilemma)’
Posted in Capacity building, global challenges, tagged CIC, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Elinor Ostrom, global challenges, Indiana University, Indiana University Bloomington, Karen Hanson, Nigel Thrift on January 3, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Editors’ note: we are very pleased to mark the start of 2011 with Karen Hanson’s thought provoking response to Nigel Thrift’s ‘A question (about universities, global challenges, and an organizational-ethical dilemma)’. Karen Hanson’s response is the tenth in what is turning out to be a fascinating – and diverse – series of responses that are lined [...]
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