Higher Education: Global Change and Local Pressure

There is scarcely a day goes by now without some new announcement of major changes in the structure and function of higher education around the world, all with local nuances and impacts but with global resonance.  Here are a few examples: President Obama’s announcement of a new approach in the face of escalating costs (http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/01/30/obama-higher-education-plan-signals-policy-shift … Continue reading