Research universities to establish global network
Four of the world’s major research university groups are to form an international network as a parallel organisation to the Global Research Council of Science and Engineering Funding Agencies ...
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Meanwhile in India — “Will the Internet replace brick and mortal universities”?
Several millions of students will enter higher educational institutions in the next one decade. The Human resources development ministry wants to double the gross enrolment ratio in higher education by 2020
Social Media as Medication
There was one self-labeled millennial here for a robust discussion on how technology and social media are changing the way college students think and communicate -- or, at least, one who was brave enough to speak up.
Penn State shows impressive early enrollment for MOOC courses
Penn State’s launch into the world of MOOCs (massive online open courses) last month was a successful one, with a total of more than 50,000 students enrolling in the five courses since their Feb. 21 debut on leading MOOC website Coursera.
Libraries Can Lend Foreign Books
People in America can continue to freely resell or loan books they brought into the country from abroad, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
‘No Confidence’ in the System
New York University’s directory lists only one man named John Sexton, but after talking with people at the institution, it would be easy to come away with the impression that there are two very different men in the president's office.
English dropped from top Chinese university exams
China's top universities began their annual independent recruitment exams on Saturday, with English no longer included among the exams' compulsory subjects.
University Leaders From Asia and the Pacific Consider Challenges of Globalization
As globalization and technology blur national borders, universities must work even harder to demonstrate their distinctiveness and value, said the leaders of top universities in the Asia-Pacific region.
Nokia Alum Launch Eliademy To Deliver MOOCs to Nigeria
The founders of Eliademy, a MOOC with Finnish roots, truly understand disruptive innovation. They launched their MOOC exactly where learners don’t have real alternatives— Nigeria.
Can Twitter open up a new space for learning, teaching and thinking?
At the end of 2011, a few geeks in Sweden set up the Swedish Twitter University, which brought lectures in a series of tweets to a class of around 500 followers.
