World Universities Forum’s Updates
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Georgia Southern University to Host the First World Universities Forum in the United States
wtoc.com | Article Link | by WTOC Staff
STATESBORO, GA (WTOC) - Georgia Southern University will welcome “The Eighth World Universities Forum” to the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. in downtown...More
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Community Member Spotlight: Richard M. Kesner, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
by Jamie Burns
Richard M. Kesner, Executive Professor of Supply Chain and Information Management at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University (Boston, USA), has taken full advantage of every opportunity to connect with other...More
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Top US University in Africa Graduates First Students
universityworldnews.com | Article Source | by Reuben Kyama
Internationally respected Carnegie Mellon University became the first highly ranked American institution to operate a fully-fledged campus...More
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Don't Send Your Kids to the Ivy League: the Nations Top Colleges are Turning Our Kids Into Zombies
newrepublic.com | Article Link | by William Deresiewcz
In the spring of 2008, I did a daylong stint on the Yale admissions committee. We—that is, three admissions staff, a member of the colle...More
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Universities and the Illusion of Global Competition
universityworldnews.com | Article Link | by Takehiko Kariya
Before we start on any discussion of Japanese universities in the context of international competitiveness, we first...More
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The trigger warning we need: “College is a scam meant to perpetuate the 1 percent”
salon.com | Article Link | by Thomas Frank
Is there a greater gift to the hack editorialist than the American university and its taste for sensitivity and euphemism? I doubt it. What wo...More
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Rankings - Higher Education Systems vs Universities
universityworldnews.com | Article Link | by Benoit Millot
International university rankings have become a familiar feature on the higher education scene. As their impact has grown, reac...More
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Public Higher Education Still Hasn’t Recovered From Recession Budget Cuts: Grapevine Report
huffingtonpost.com | Original Article | by Tyler Kingkade
Public colleges in much of the country are in better financial health this year, but overall, appropriations are still 4 percent...More
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The Job Market Has Not Always Been Bad
pankisseskafka.com | Original Article | by Adjunct Nate Silver
The triumphant return of Adjunct Nate Silver! Anytime anyone, ever, says “the market’s always been bad”–send them here
I would like to drive a stake through the heart of the myth...More
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The Growth of College Grads in Dead-End Jobs (in 2 Graphs)
The Atlantic | Original Article | by Jordan Weissmann
The rise of the baristas
These post-recession years have not been gentle on young college grads, and by now, you've heard plenty of...More