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International What confronts 1.2 million new grads? Jobs-skills mismatch crisis: TUCP | MANILA – An estimated 1.2 million college and vocational graduates this month will find it difficult to get a job due to a growing mismatch between their training and the job skills required by most of employers, saidContinue Reading

International Cost-Sharing: A Threat to Higher Education in Morocco | Fez – Historically speaking, Moroccan universities have a long tradition with the Qarawiyyin University, founded in the 9th century. Higher Education: Good start but concerns are we may be barking up the wrong tree | Attribute it to varying perceptionsContinue Reading

International China’s glass ceiling and feet of clay | China’s impressive higher education accomplishments have masked some significant barriers to the ascent of Chinese universities to the top rungs of global academe, as well as some significant problems at the bottom of the system. A culture of internationalisation | AsContinue Reading

International PhD or professional doctorate – which is better? | From the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to special needs education in the UK, more mid-career professionals are taking professional doctorates. Esemplare ’18: Embrace the MOOC | Short for Massive Open Online Courses, MOOCs became available at the start ofContinue Reading

International Why some Gazan professors are selling their homes | The Islamic University of Gaza — which is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the Gaza Strip — has been battling a financial crisis for 2½ years now. Academics protest Bennett’s CHE actions, warn of ‘crisis ofContinue Reading