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The Company We Keep: A Cautionary Tale
In international higher education, we are judged by the company we keep. Thus, it is of great importance that universities...
Remembering Brian Flowers
Brian Flowers, 1924-2010 I've just said by last farewell to a former boss while welcoming a new one. Brian Flowers...
Are the Social Sciences Becoming Global? Yes, but with Some Caveats
Much of the debate on the globalization of higher education and knowledge production focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...
India's Higher Education Quality Deficit
A constant theme in discussions with Indian academics, government officials, and business people concerns the low quality of the country’s...
From Impressionism to Modernity: Do Russian universities need learning management systems?
During my last trip to US last week I had very “impressionist” experience. It was partly due to the a...
Challenges for African University Leadership
A recent leadership seminar that brought together rectors and vice-chancellors of African Universities in 17 countries highlighted the many challenges...
Academic Fraud and the Academic Culture in China — and Asia
When The Economist (July 24-30, 2010, p. 43), one of the world’s most influential magazines, devotes attention to academic fraud in China, the issue has reached a high level of international attention. I wrote about this issue in the broader context of Asia’s efforts to gain global academic leadership in my article “Enter the Dragons? Not so Fast” (Times Higher Education, June 17, 2010, pp. 38-39). The Economist points to a number of egregious examples of academic dishonestly, plagiarism, misuse of academic degrees and awards in China.
Running on Empty
Two recent speeches by Ministers in the UK’s new (since May) coalition government have set out the government’s stall on...