(22 Nov 2024) China will further expand its Double First-Class initiative to develop world-class universities and excellence in specific academic disciplines on par with the best in the world, Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng told a recent meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s legislature. The new phase of the initiative will include…
(5 Sep 2024) In the first half of 2024, institutions of higher education in the United States closed permanently at the rate of one per week, according to one estimate, with little sign of slowing down. Where the author lives in Pennsylvania, eight colleges have closed, consolidated, or announced plans to do so since January 2024…
(21 Aug 2024) Japanese universities are at a critical juncture as the rapid fall in the number of children nationwide has sparked discussions on the need for consolidation, downsizing, or potential closures. A task force of the Central Council for Education, which advises the education minister, is currently deliberating the future of universities in response…
(20 Mar 2024) Elsevier today launches ‘View from the top: academic leaders’ and funders’ insights on the challenges ahead’, a comprehensive report that investigates the complex issues academic leaders and funders face and their preparedness to tackle them. The report also explores the strategies senior leaders are developing to leverage the opportunities that will ensure long-term success for their…
(25 Feb 2024) On 25 February 2024, the Hon Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education, released the Australian Universities Accord Final Report. The Australian Universities Accord Final Report contains 47 recommendations for Government consideration and aims to create a long-term reform plan for the higher education sector to meet Australia’s future skills needs. …
(12 Feb 2024) Moving from reaction to action, higher education stakeholders are currently exploring the opportunities afforded by AI for teaching, learning, and work while maintaining a sense of caution for the vast array of risks AI-powered technologies pose. To aid in these efforts, we present this inaugural EDUCAUSE AI Landscape Study, in which we…
(8 Jan 2024) This report focuses on the workforce, cultural, and technological shifts for seven macro trends that are continuing or emerging in higher education in 2024. Across these three areas of shift, we report the major impacts and steps that institutions are taking in response to each trend. Many of the trend topics and…
(26 Apr 2023) The military takeover in Myanmar in 2021 has dramatically disrupted education systems, leaving many university students and prospective students with little choice but to put a hold on their studies, raising concerns from educators about the future of the country’s learners. According to a survey, about 1 million students were enrolled in…
(8 Dec 2021) Two years into the pandemic, what impacts have COVID-19 really had on Australian university finances and staffing in 2020 and in 2021? Our recently published research shows the impacts varied greatly across the sector. However, staff cuts appear to have been disproportionate to overall financial losses. About 10% of the university…
(17 Dec 2021) Nearly half of South Korea’s universities could close in the next quarter-century as the country’s population continues to shrink, with regional institutions especially hard-hit, a professor has warned. Dong-Kyu Lee, professor in disaster management at Dong-A University, said he expected that only 190 out of 385 existing universities would exist in 25 years’…