US & UK higher education strategies to improve student engagement

88% of US faculty students feel safe at their institutions but, at the same time, 23% have experienced offensive behavior, discrimination, isolation or harassment at their higher education institutions. This 2015 data from the National Survey of Student Engagement – a US universities initiative ...

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Do university rankings measure the quality of higher education?

Both the Times Higher Education, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai) and the QS University rankings are a benchmark of what the international community considers the best universities of the world. Despite contestations from the academic community, it is a reference point used by ...

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Main factors that affect student retention in higher education

As universities have been developing strategies to improve student retention in higher education, studies and investigations about this essential subject – driven by external consultants and faculties – have shown that there are multiples factors that explain this phenomenon, from economic to ...

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A brief comparison of higher education in Mexico and Colombia

Over the past few weeks, we have reviewed how higher education and accreditation works in Mexico and Colombia. However, it is interesting to see on a comparative basis trends and challenges for each country. Mexico and Colombia are two of the most important economies in Latin America. At the same ...

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24 March, 2016
US & UK higher education strategies to improve student engagement

88% of US faculty students feel safe at their institutions but, at the same time, 23% have experienced offensive behavior, discrimination, isolation or harassment at their higher education ...
23 March, 2016
Do university rankings measure the quality of higher education?
15 March, 2016
Main factors that affect student retention in higher education
11 March, 2016
A brief comparison of higher education in Mexico and Colombia
9 March, 2016
Trends and challenges in Colombian Higher Education
4 March, 2016
Strategies to improve student retention in higher education

Students quitting higher education is an issue that has become an important concern to universities and colleges around the world. In a previous blog we explained that “having a significant number of ...