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Christian Rutishauser, Barbara Schmitz, and Jan Woppowa, Eds. Jüdisch-christlicher Dialog: Ein Studienhandbuch für Lehre und Praxis
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Private Higher Education in Africa: Roots, Trends, and Challenges
No full textLike the rest of the world, private higher education institutions are sprouting across the whole continent of Africa. Several factors have contributed to this growth, notwithstanding serious challenges that impinge on private growth. Examining and addressing these challenges is key to recognizing and benefitting from the sector
Private Higher Education in Kazakhstan: Thirty Years of Growth and Regulation
No full textPrivate institutions are a major provider of higher education in Kazakhstan. The country has the most privatized higher education system among all the post-Soviet countries. This article discusses how both the state and the market have contributed to the private sector’s growth
Shifting Winds: Mobility Trends Among Indian and Chinese Students
No full textThis article examines the changing enrollment patterns of international students from leading senders China and India to host destinations around the world. Using data from the past decade, we offer a divergent picture of the priorities of these students and the implications for policies and academic mobility
Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and the Role of Universities
No full textArtificial intelligence (AI) and big data are transforming economies, societies, and institutions, raising critical concerns for democracy, intellectual autonomy, and global citizenship. While AI offers immense benefits, it is also leveraged by tech elites to consolidate power, erode regulation, and act against the global good. This article discusses some of these key dimensions and outlines some important research directions, including prioritizing interdisciplinary research on how political and economic power can leverage technology to harness or prevent AI from being deployed for the benefit of people and our planet
The Shifting Center: The Global South’s Rising Role in Future Higher Education
No full textThis article examines how demographic shifts and changing knowledge production patterns are repositioning the Global South from the periphery to the center of future higher education. As Africa’s youth population grows and Southern research networks expand, traditional North–South dynamics are transforming. To maintain relevance in this evolving landscape, higher education institutions must develop new frameworks that recognize the Global South’s strengths
The New Analytics-Industrial Complex in Higher Education: Data, Governance, and Power
No full textPrivate data firms are quietly seizing control of global higher education, creating a power shift more profound than universities realize
Digital Transformation and Growth in Germany’s Private Higher Education
No full textPrivate higher education in Germany is growing despite demographic challenges. This article examines the sector’s expansion, which is strongly driven by digitalization. Private institutions actively implement online education and use artificial intelligence, leveraging technology to improve efficiency and reduce costs of provision. The importance of universities of applied sciences focused on career-oriented programs is growing, too. Germany’s predominantly public higher education landscape is being reshaped in the context of dramatic technological change
Transnational Education Redefined
No full textAs existing definitions of transnational education (TNE) specify that an institution or educational program has to cross national borders, some providers commonly perceived to operate in the TNE field are excluded. Country-branded universities (CBUs) do not cross borders, but they borrow or transfer elements of their affiliated country’s higher education system, including that country’s culture and values. We offer a broader, more encompassing definition of TNE that includes more diverse forms of provider