With 700 universities and more than 35, affiliated colleges enrolling more than 20 million students, Indian higher education is a large and complex system. The structure of degree-granting…
The University uses school‐specific grading scales. Most schools at Columbia University use the standard A-F grading scale. The American Language Program, the School of Architecture…
Expectations One important difference to be aware of is the emphasis on continual assessment. Most UK universities determine your marks based on your performance on examinations…
St. Davids (Main) Campus 1300 Eagle Road Saint Davids, PA 19087 Phone: 610-341-5800 (Some GPS devices list Wayne, PA as the town rather than Saint Davids) From I-476 (The Blue…
Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 | 2:01 a.m. One of the most important issues this election is how Nevada will pave the way for a prosperous future. Unfortunately, the state has neglected…
URSULA VON DER LEYEN, Germany’s labour minister, likes to point out that the two European Union countries with the lowest unemployment, especially among the young, have dual-education…
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT John R. Thelin Jason R. Edwards Eric Moyen SYSTEM Joseph B. Berger Maria Vita Calkins HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT At the start of the twenty-first century, higher…
The Finnish higher education system consists of two complementary sectors: polytechnics and universities. The mission of universities is to conduct scientific research and provide…
Do you enjoy working with college students and are looking for a career where you can make an impact within their lives? Or maybe you’re a student affairs professional needing…
For a graduate student, postdoc or any other academic who is not in a permanent position, it seems that “happily ever after” starts once one obtains a tenure-track position or…
A wind in their sails: by not charging tuition fees to foreigners at its universities, Norway has increased the number of overseas postgraduate researchers who come to work in…
| by Richard P. Keeling and Richard H. Hersh The purpose of this blog and our latest book, We re Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education (Palgrave MacMillan, 2012)…
The collapse for Fred was severe when he found that he held no more than five twenties, and his share in the higher education of this country did not seem to help him. He was certainly…
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT John R. Thelin Jason R. Edwards Eric Moyen SYSTEM Joseph B. Berger Maria Vita Calkins HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT At the start of the twenty-first century, higher…
The Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research (French: Ministère de l Éducation nationale, de l Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche ), or simply Ministry…
