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University Partnerships in Africa: Capacity Building for Both Partners
The floodgates of university partnerships have opened and the international dimension of higher education in Africa is expanding. With the...
My Christmas Trajectory
Post-early childhood, I was never that big on Christmas. My mother was kind of a fanatic about the holiday —...
Holiday Wishes
The Boy and The Girl decided to write stories as Christmas presents to their teachers this year. They started on...
Where Do You Hide?
A couple of weeks ago, Lee pitched an idea for bringing several of us at UVenus together around a single...
Ten Years, Man! Ten! Years!
No, not how long I’ve been an IHE blogger (see below); our wedding anniversary. Mrs. Churm and I had already...
Ask the Administrator: Marked for Life?
A new correspondent writes: This is something I have been thinking about for about 6 months, but your two columns...
Luck and the Ph.D.
The Economist makes a convincing case that pursuing a Ph.D. is, at best, irrational. In " The Disposable Academic" (12/16/10)...
What is a Course in Higher Ed?
My 200-level students last semester proposed or redesigned a university-level course for their final assignment.* They were allowed to make...