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What do the Egyptian Student Elections Mean?: The Competing Parties and the Results
In "What do the Egyptian student elections mean," part 1, we established the revolutionary break that the student elections of...
What do the Egyptian Student Elections Mean?: The Backdrop and Campaign (Part 1)
The situation of Egyptian universities reflects the immense challenges and conflicts the country faces in the transformation since Mubarak was...
Seeking and Conferring Legitimacy in Academic Citadels: The Troubling Trend
I was one of those who had been closely watching the global reaction to the establishment of the “Obiang Chair”...
Agents and Recruiters: The Futility of Pretending to Certify Virtue
The debate about agents sure has occupied a lot of space in the professional press of late! Mitch Leventhal, Vice...
Is Academic Corruption on the Rise?
In Germany Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the former Minister of Defense, and Silvana Koch-Mehrin, a Vice-President of the European Parliament, resigned...
The Enigma of the UBA
Ask an Argentine scholar about the University of Buenos Aires and there is usually a long pause. And maybe a...
Saudi Arabia's Extravagant Investment in Higher Education: Is Money Enough?
At a conference in Riyadh last month we were privileged to meet senior officials at the Ministry of Higher Education...