Documents released in a federal lawsuit against Trump University have put presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the defensive. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is now highlighting the fraud that is at the center of the case. In the process, many commentators are identifying the Trump University business model as further indication of the fraudulent […] … learn more→

Rising demand in South Asia for higher education is currently not being met, despite its growing importance on the economic development agenda. The demographic time bomb of a youthful population (more than 600 million under 18), the pace of social change and South Asia’s elevated position in the new economic order has created a critical […] … learn more→

Covering much of one wall of Paul Richards’ office at the Calderstones School is an impressive collection of thank-you notes. Many are from students Richards, in his role overseeing the equivalent of the American junior and senior grades of high school, has successfully prodded into college. This is not as easy of a job as […] … learn more→

  In April, Massachusetts announced a new initiative to improve academic progress at its community colleges. Beginning in the 2016 – 2017 school year, the “Commonwealth Commitment” will allow full-time students with a GPA over 3.0 to claim a small, 10 percent rebate on tuition and fees after each semester completed, which comes out to […] … learn more→

Dear class of 2016, Finishing school can be a daunting experience but you are young, bright and have your future ahead of you — easy for me to say, you might think. I could fill a book with the things I wish I’d known when I left school – how to iron, how to put […] … learn more→

I’m in the enviable position of having a blog with a wide readership (thank you) which means I get sent review copies by publishers. Everyone at work gets jealous when a book package arrives and I feel like a rock star. This is a good feeling. On the other hand, there are only so many […] … learn more→

Three inches of drywall separate our offices. We commute to and from campus together, teach at the same time, have office hours at the same time, go to meetings at the same time and lunch, you guessed it, at the same time. All this togetherness is a matter of choice, not necessity: we have tenured […] … learn more→

The history of science is also a history of people resisting new discoveries that conflict with conventional wisdom. When Galileo promoted Copernicus’ theory that the Earth revolves around the sun – counter to church doctrine about the Earth being the center of the universe – he wound up condemned by the Roman Inquisition in 1633. […] … learn more→

In the past two decades, there has been a rapid expansion of higher education in mainland China and Taiwan. While in the 1990s this increase enhanced equity and equality in society, in recent years the growing number of university graduates has led to fewer employment opportunities and a skill mismatch in the labour market. Massifying […] … learn more→

Every few years, we receive a hint, just a passing wisp of a hint, of how huge the frauds in higher education are. Whether it’s a well known chamber of horrors running in the gym showers for over twenty years, an 18 year open scandal of fake classes affecting thousands of students, or billion dollar […] … learn more→