Category: The Fifteen

The Fifteen: March 7, 2025

Welcome back to another issue of The Fifteen. Read stories from expanding higher education markets like Egypt, India, and Nigeria, as well as from ones facing some different challenges, such as Lithuania, Korea and Italy, plus: important news out of the increasingly beleaguered American higher education sector. Happy reading. 1. In 2008, the Lumina Foundation set a goal of 60% attainment rate for post-secondary education in the US by 2025. Today 55% of American adults hold some type of higher-ed

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The Fifteen: February 21, 2025

Good morning and welcome to the 11th edition of The Fifteen. This week we try to avoid the chaos in the United States to visit spots to look at a wide range of stories from Tashkent to Tokyo, Singapore to South Africa, Cairo to Canberra and a whole bunch of points in between. It’s nearly time! The next edition of The Fifteen will be released during AI-CADEMY: Canada Summit for Post-Secondary Education, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to stop showcasing

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The Fifteen: February 7, 2025

Today is the tenth edition of The Fifteen. Higher Education is in flux around the world, and we are taking a look at reforms in the EU, India and Indonesia, with stops in Australia and Hong Kong. We’re also looking at some contrasting approaches to managing AI, keeping track of the ongoing political confrontation between students and the government in Serbia, as well as—inevitably—keeping tabs on whatever it is Trump is doing to American Higher Ed. HESA’s AI-CADEMY: Canada Summit

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The Fifteen: January 24, 2025

Welcome back to The Fifteen, your source for news from around the world of higher education. In this edition, we’re taking a look at increases in tuition in Iran and Korea, as well as the development of an AI-focused university in Nigeria. We’re also following as another student movement takes on their government in Serbia. You may remember in the first edition of the Fifteen, we covered a similar story from Bangladesh, but interestingly, this isn’t the first time Serbian

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The Fifteen: January 10, 2025

Our first Fifteen in the New Year! Although many institutions have been on winter break in recent weeks, numerous important stories from the world of higher education continue to unfold. This week on The Fifteen, we look at what’s happening around the globe. Enjoy!

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