QSIU HE Digest -Student Mobility 2024 Outlook

Student Mobility 2024 Outlook

Misuse of Research Funds

Fixing may Lead to Discord

Return of Liberal Arts

Internationalisation: Student Mobility 2024 Outlook

A new report examines key international student mobility indicators for the next decade and provides forecasts for global higher education growth. Building on findings from the British Council's 2012 report, 'The shape of things to come: higher education global trends and emerging opportunities to 2020,' this new research shows that forecast growth in the number of outbound mobile higher education students will continue to present a significant opportunity for nations seeking to retain and attract more international students.

Full Story: British Council

China: Misuse of Research Funds

China’s Ministry of Education this month published new proposals on the supervision of research funds, in order to curb rampant embezzlement and misuse. Academic committees are to be created comprising professors, associate professors and senior professionals to supervise the funds, the ministry said in a notice published on its website last week. The proposal came in the wake of calls by academics in recent years to reform the science funding system and give academics more say over the distribution of funds.

Full Story: University World News

Gender Pay Gap: Fixing may Lead to Discord

Institutions that discover widespread pay disparities by gender, with female professors earning less than their male counterparts, and then try to remedy the gap can find themselves mired in a process that is fraught with tension and results in faculty discord.

Full Story: The Chronicle

Europe: Return of Liberal Arts

The liberal arts have always been a North American preoccupation. It has traditionally been one of the main ways in which American and Canadian higher education has presented itself to the world. Liberal-arts colleges are some of the jewels in the crown of American higher education, and the spirit of the liberal arts has impressed itself on many of the great American universities. But now the liberal arts are moving out into the world. For example, in Europe, liberal-arts colleges are beginning to grow in number, especially in the Netherlands. So are liberal-arts degrees. For example, a number of British universities, including University College London and King’s College London, are now offering liberal-arts degrees, and more will follow. In Asia the founding of the Yale-NUS College, in Singapore, is a brave experiment.

Full Story: The Chronicle