Latin America: Higher Education in Crisis

October 27, 2011 A recent article in the Economist (10/8/11) entitled “Universities in Latin America, The struggle to make the grade,” reports on the overall health of the institutions of higher education in the region and the prognosis is not good. Although there are some giant and reputable universities in Latin America, innovation and excellence […]

Student Uprising: A global movement

October 20, 2011 “The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt A recent (10/19/11) blog on Huffington Post states that “according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, students took out more than $100 billion in loans in 2010 and will have a $1 trillion […]