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Philip G. Altbach

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Philip G. Altbach is Research Professor and Founding Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.

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India is interested in hosting branch campuses--and also establishing some overseas--problems are significant. A Harvard branch in India, prospects and challenges - The Hindu thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…

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Why has UNESCO ignored the key research mission of universities? Research mission of universities – Missing from UNESCO roadmap universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

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The academic publishing system is in deep crisis. This article points out some of the problems. Academic publishing: Don’t let the number crunchers win universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

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Strengthening doctoral education in Africa is of great importance if African universities are to develop top research capacity. New book interrogates doctoral training across continent universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

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If India wants "world class" higher eduction--academic freedom must be assured. Scholars ‘reprimanded by universities’ for criticising Indian government timeshighereducation.com/news/scholars-… via Times Higher Education

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Much of the for-profit sector in the US is a key cause for student debt and other bad practices. Biden sets new limits on for-profit colleges timeshighereducation.com/news/biden-set… via Times Higher Education

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Internazionalizzazione nell’istruzione superiore https:/www.sussidiarieta.net/nuova-atlantide/cn3554/internazionalizzazione-nell-rsquo-istruzione-superiore.html

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India’s elite private universities are a breath of fresh air timeshighereducation.com/opinion/indias… via Times Higher Education This is one of the most interesting developments in Indian higher education in recent years.

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More traditional-age students enroll at fully online universities insidehighered.com/news/2022/10/1… An interesting trend, of course. But especially for high school grads, does a one-year BA by distance educ constitute education? Perhaps a title of skills training?

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Globalization is not dead. Here is the label from a bag of cashew nuts from Costco. Product from many countries. Packaged in Vietnam. And it ends up on the shelf at Costco.

Globalization is not dead.  Here is the label from a bag of cashew nuts from Costco.  Product from many countries. Packaged in Vietnam. And it ends up on the shelf at Costco.
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A Playbook for Knocking Down Higher Ed chronicle.com/article/a-play… This is why America's potential for winning Nobel prizes in the future will be much reduced. Less basic research means fewer Nobels -- and a weakened economy and society.

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It takes more than money for China to lure the best talent to its universities. China’s Young Thousand Talents fails to attract ‘top’ scientists timeshighereducation.com/news/chinas-yo… via Times Higher Education