A Prologue A particular kind of silence descends upon a lecture hall after the last student has left. It is not empty—it hums with the residue of attention, the ghost […]
The ruling by Judge Howell is not a legal anomaly; it is the inevitable logic of the system. We are witnessing the final collapse of the “Nation” (a moral community) […]
This article first appeared on University World News We have built the theoretical half of a bridge. It is elegant in places, diligently maintained in others, and inspected with great […]
This article first appeared on University World News We used to imagine isolation through geography: a university at the end of a long road, a library without the book you […]
This article first appeared on University World News There is a comforting fable about research in Africa. It begins with a noble problem and ends with a grant. On the […]
There is a powerful sense of déjà vu that haunts the halls of higher education. We are, by any measure, in a state of perpetual, frantic activity. Our calendars are […]
Institutional ranking frameworks, like India’s NIRF, successfully drive measurable improvements (e.g., more research, higher faculty qualifications) by defining specific metrics. However, this very act of measurement creates a new reality […]
How can African higher education genuinely ‘Africanize’ internationalization when foundational initiatives and long-term sustainability are still heavily influenced, if not funded, by external partners? The call to “Africanize” the internationalization […]
This article first appeared on University World News Massification has a triumphant sound. It suggests inclusion, a democratic widening of gates that were, for too long, kept narrow. Photographs cooperate: […]
A response to the University World News article: Southern African universities build more scholarly bridges The contemporary higher education system, historically observed as an entity primarily defined by its internal […]
