Blog on higher education throughout the world which aims to “survey the construction of global knowledge/spaces for the ‘Knowledge Economy’. Intended to serve as an archive of developments in the area of higher education. Written in a professional style with numerous graphs and statistics.
Outlines various themes of global citizenship such as a way of thinking, cultivation of principled decision-making, and awareness of one’s self and others. Discusses why global citizenship matters and it’s conceptual divides.
Questions the way in which the world university ranking is configured and expresses the need for people to think broadly and critically about the issues related to ranking seduction.
In this guest post to IHEC Blog, Study Group’s Michael Cornesc considers the recent revisions to the UK’s international student visa system and their implications for the country’s higher education sector and economy in 2012
A selection of IHEC’s most visited blog posts from 2011. Topics include how long a Study Abroad program can be and at what age must a student be to study abroad program be. Educational resource lists are also included
Authored by the director of the international centre of the University of Missouri, the blog discusses on a wide variety of cultural, international and educational topics and also book recommendations
Discusses whether the Study Abroad is beneficial in the workplace, the value of cross-cultural learning, and how professionals should market the Study Abroad experience
Places a spotlight on the importance and impact of international education. Provides an area for discussion of innovative approaches to making the college experience more international. Learn about tools and resources for international educator
The blog of the leading professional association, dedicated to international education
Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University
Conducts research in behavioral economics and provides explanations in everyday language. Topics of posts are taken from a wide variety of issues and aim to explain why people behave in a certain way and often irrational.
Takes a look at why business prefer answers from consultants and input from focus groups whose expertise may be questionable when businesses should more practically conduct experiments to set strategies.
An insight into how the mind makes decisions about money correctly when time is limited and the question isn’t simple. Discusses the downside of making decisions based on past experience.
Explores the positives and negatives of the increasingly relevant question in today’s technological era: Is friending a teacher on Facebook a wise decision.
Wisdom for young adults on the importance of making choices independently for the future – sans relationship, saving financially, acquiring an education, and resisting the tendency to be a know-it-all by listening more.
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Congratulations, Mark and the authors at GlobalEd.
I have nominated your blog for the Most Influential Blogger Award.
More about this nomination is at: http://thefourthcontinent.com/2013/06/16/most-influential-blogger-award/.