Philip G. Altbach

No ‘rush to India’ by top-ranked universities, academics say timeshighereducation.com/news/no-rush-i… via @timeshighered

University rankings: Assessing the newest kid on the block universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

Students more optimistic even as China battles Covid surge timeshighereducation.com/news/students-… via @timeshighered

It takes more than money for China to lure the best talent to its universities. China’s Young Thousand Talents fails to attract ‘top’ scientists timeshighereducation.com/news/chinas-yo… via @timeshighered

India’s higher education is opening up. But is it ready? universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

What the Nobels tell us about science and higher education universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

A Playbook for Knocking Down Higher Ed chronicle.com/article/a-play… This is why America's potential for winning Nobel prizes in the future will be much reduced. Less basic research means fewer Nobels -- and a weakened economy and society.

Globalization is not dead. Here is the label from a bag of cashew nuts from Costco. Product from many countries. Packaged in Vietnam. And it ends up on the shelf at Costco.

More traditional-age students enroll at fully online universities insidehighered.com/news/2022/10/1… An interesting trend, of course. But especially for high school grads, does a one-year BA by distance educ constitute education? Perhaps a title of skills training?

The decoupling with the West will be hard on China’s HE universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

How US-China relations affect Massachusetts universities bostonglobe.com/2022/09/06/opi… via @BostonGlobe

India’s elite private universities are a breath of fresh air timeshighereducation.com/opinion/indias… via @timeshighered This is one of the most interesting developments in Indian higher education in recent years.

Internazionalizzazione nell’istruzione superiore https:/www.sussidiarieta.net/nuova-atlantide/cn3554/internazionalizzazione-nell-rsquo-istruzione-superiore.html

Much of the for-profit sector in the US is a key cause for student debt and other bad practices. Biden sets new limits on for-profit colleges timeshighereducation.com/news/biden-set… via @timeshighered

If India wants "world class" higher eduction--academic freedom must be assured. Scholars ‘reprimanded by universities’ for criticising Indian government timeshighereducation.com/news/scholars-… via @timeshighered

Strengthening doctoral education in Africa is of great importance if African universities are to develop top research capacity. New book interrogates doctoral training across continent universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

The academic publishing system is in deep crisis. This article points out some of the problems. Academic publishing: Don’t let the number crunchers win universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

Why has UNESCO ignored the key research mission of universities? Research mission of universities – Missing from UNESCO roadmap universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

India is interested in hosting branch campuses--and also establishing some overseas--problems are significant. A Harvard branch in India, prospects and challenges - The Hindu thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…