The World View

A 2012 study at Addis Ababa University showed that around 53 percent of medical students hoped to emigrate upon graduating, particularly to the United States and Europe.

A system of rewards that recognizes both institutions and individual researchers for high quality problem-solving research, is a far more effective way to encourage research than to make it mandatory.

A two-pronged approach incorporating both access to higher education along with support programs would further the meaningful implementation of human rights discourse.

Finding ways to help colleges better measure “distance travelled” with an eye to evening up admissions systems which are almost unavoidably tilted towards the children of the elite, seems like an awfully good idea.

Australia is one of the most popular study destinations for international students, especially for students originating from the Asia-Pacific region.

The proposed policies lack a comprehensive vision.

Despite opposition success in limiting the government’s proposed changes, the outlook for higher education remains bleak.

By making what the minister considers a “very small cut”, it will be impossible for universities to conduct daily operations at even minimal standards of quality.