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Nigerian Higher Education

On today’s episode of the World of Higher Education podcast, we’re talking about Nigerian higher education. Economically and politically, Nigeria is one of Africa’s powerhouses. Yet, when it comes to higher education, it trails significantly. To help us understand why that’s the case, Dr. Olabisi Deji-Folutile joins us. Dr. Deji-Folutile is editor-in-chief of Frank Talk Now and chief operating officer of AF24 News, who writes frequently on higher education matters from Lagos. Many of the Nigerian system woes are economic

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May 11, 2023 No Comments

Universities on Fire

On this week’s episode of The World of Higher Education Podcast, Bryan Alexander joins us to talk about his new book, Universities on Fire, Higher Education in the Climate Crisis, which was published in March by Johns Hopkins University Press. Climate crisis books are a dime a dozen. This book is one of the few that looks at climate action through the lens of a particular economic sector or set of actors, in this case, our own sector of universities

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May 4, 2023 No Comments

Higher Education in Ireland

Alex Usher (AU): Hi Everyone.  I’m Alex Usher and this is The World of Higher Education podcast. Today we are talking all things Irish higher education, and joining us as our expert guide to the terrain is Ellen Hazelkorn, principal at BH Associates, a Higher Education consultancy in Ireland, a Professor Emerita at the Technological University of Dublin and one of the sharpest all-around minds in European higher education. Ireland, like many small countries, has to punch way above its weight to get

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April 20, 2023 No Comments

Autonomy Scorecard

This week’s guest on The World of Higher Education podcast is Enora Bennetot Pruvot, Deputy Director Governance, Funding & Public Policy Development at the European University Association and she joins me today from Brussels to talk about the EUA’s recently-released University Autonomy Scorecard, of which she was a co-author. For those who aren’t familiar with the EUA, it’s a little bit different from your average association of universities or rectors. Not only does it use an active research program to back

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April 13, 2023 No Comments

Venezuelan Higher Education

This week’s guest on The World of Higher Education Podcast is Juan Carlos Navarro, international expert in higher education, innovation and digital talent; senior advisor to several international institutions and universities; and Member of the international faculty of the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración, in Caracas, Venezuela. He joins us talk about what has happened to higher education in Venezuela under the rule of Hugo Chavez, Nicolas Maduro, and their Bolivarian Socialist regime over the past 25 years. The story here

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April 6, 2023 No Comments

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