World University Rankings: A reality based on a fraud
I am still seething with outrage at the methodology used by the THES World University Rankings.
Under a headline 'University rankings key tool in recruiting...
How much does teaching count in World University Rankings?
And the answer is: 30%.
The UK's Times Higher Education Supplement has produced a new set of world rankings using a new method that provides...
Towards a national framework for degrees?
Lederman, D. (2010) Borrowing from Bologna? Inside Higher Education, September 13
This is a report of an interesting initiative by the Lumina Foundation in the...
Book review: Changing Cultures in Higher Education
Ehlers, U-D. and Schneckenberg, D. (eds. ) Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving Ahead to Future Learning Heidelberg/London/New York: Springer, 610 pp, US$129.00
What the...
Why most universities have such lousy web sites
Kolowich, S. (2010) No laughing matter Inside Higher Education, August 4
In case, like me, you missed this gem during the holidays, it is well...
The case for for-profit colleges
Keith Hampson's Higher Education Management Group blog, "And now, we hear from the defense." (For-Profit Higher Education) brings together some of the arguments for...
Why college education costs so much in the USA
Archibald, R. and Feldman, D. (2010) Why does college cost so much? Forbes, August 11
If you can fight your way past the really annoying...
Another perspective on quality
I have referred in another post to a paper by Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, who was one of the participants...
Another view on research for the Ontario Online Institute
Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, was one of the participants in the recent HEQCO meeting to discuss possible areas of research that...
Another review of DIY U
Norris, D. (2010) Book review: DIY U Planning for Higher Education Planning for Higher Education, Vol. 38, No. 4
This is a comprehensive review of...