I focus on the huge academic/education fraud in higher education because this is the most important: we have 20 million college students, and the data is very strong that more than half of them are being ripped off. Most other frauds I discuss are tangential to this. The big sportsball frauds, for example, are pretty […] … learn more→

At the end of September 2016, the Indian motion picture producer’s association, India’s largest organisation related to entertainment, announced a ban on all Pakistani artists. In retaliation, Pakistan authorities imposed a complete ban on airing Indian content on all its TV channels, including Bollywood movies. This cultural war, triggered by the September Uri attacks in […] … learn more→

The biggest “supermoon” since 1948 will grace the sky on November 14. But what makes it so super? Well, not much more than the fact that it’ll be a bit bigger than normal, but that’s absolutely no reason not to go outside and look at it anyway. If you miss it, you’ll have to wait […] … learn more→

College sure has changed since I started, decades ago, and a recent satirical article cut just a little close to home, becoming almost “truth” instead of satire. I recall one of my early experiments in giving a multiple choice test. A sample question: If P(A) = 0.2 and P(B) = 0.6, and P(A and B) […] … learn more→

How do students learn, how well are they supported in their learning by higher education institutions and how can this be measured? These are questions that are now being addressed with some urgency in projects funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, ahead of “learning gain” becoming one of the criteria to be […] … learn more→

Donald Trump has won the presidency, but not before launching one of the most ugly and fractious campaigns in American history. As the 2016 election season now comes to a close, there are signs that it has left scars behind, particularly in the schools of the United States. The National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s […] … learn more→

“Transformation” is a word regularly in global higher education research. It normally implies deep change in knowledge and curriculum. It often entails questions about inclusion, identity, diversity, power, intellectual traditions and intellectual justice. In South Africa, the word means something quite different in higher education. Its definition is rooted in the country’s apartheid history. The […] … learn more→

For the last 30 years or so the rise of creative writing programmes in universities has been met with seemingly unending howls of derision from all quarters. Hanif Kureishi, novelist, screenwriter – and professor of creative writing at Kingston University – described them as a “waste of time”. But universities around the world beg to […] … learn more→

The US and the UK are top of the most desirable destinations for international students. Every third globally mobile student is enrolled in either of these two countries. In 2016, both countries faced sociopolitical shock. First, the UK referendum resulted in Brexit; and now, the US has elected Donald Trump as its new president. It […] … learn more→

The NHL hockey season is in full swing. Fans all around the world have been sitting in front of their television screens cheering on their favorite teams. This season has already been full of amazing scenes and it is highly exciting. Of course, it is far from over and plenty could happen from now until […] … learn more→