The World of Higher Education
The World of Higher Education is dedicated to exploring developments in higher education from a global perspective. Join host, Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates, as he speaks with new guests each week from different countries discussing developments in their regions.
Produced by Tiffany MacLennan and Samantha Pufek.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 88
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
2.10: The Floating University
With us today is Tamson Pietsch, author of a new book on the Floating University from the University of Chicago Press. Her book covers a number of facets of this story: the extraordinary journey itse…
2.9: Chile: A Decade of Gratuidad
This week's episode features Paula Clasing Manquian, a postdoctoral researcher in education from Chile’s Nucleo Milenio de Educacion Superior. The discussion takes a look back at the past dozen years…
2.8: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) — Selecting a Rector
Today's guest is Marion Lloyd, a higher education researcher at UNAM, and she’s here today to give a tour of UNAM’s electoral system, the behind-the-scenes power politics that accompanies this proces…
2.7: OECD and the Geography of Higher Education
Today's guest is Raffaele Trapasso, a Senior Economist at the OECD who heads the that organizations Platform for the Entrepreneurship Education Collaboration and Engagement Network or EECOLE. This ep…
2.6: African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA)
Today's guest is Dr. Ernest Aryeetey. He has not only led one of Africa’s premier universities — the University of Ghana — but is also currently the Secretary-General of the African Research Universi…
2.5: Brazilian Higher Education
Today our guest is Professor Marcelo Knobel. He is a highly respected Physicist and Science Educator. He also holds the rare distinction of having been a rector both at one of Brazil’s top public u…
2.4: Higher Education in India
Today's guest is Dr. Pushkar — just one name — the Director and Chief Executive of the International Centre Goa, and a frequent commentator on higher education in India. Dr. Pushkar and Alex cover ho…
2.3: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University
Today’s guest is Daniel A. Bell, a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. Originally from Montreal, he became a specialist in this study of Confucius from the angle of polit…
2.2: Romanian Higher Education
Joining us this week is Romania’s Minister of Education, Ligia Deca. Ministers in Romania are not generally speaking elected politicians — the country works on a model similar to that in France — and…
2.1: Selective Schools and Holistic Admissions
We're back! Welcome back to the World of Higher Education, Season 2. In this episode, Alex Usher is joined by one of his favourite authors, Jeff Selingo, author of Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside …
1.18: Admissions, Affirmative Action, and SCOTUS
On the season finale of the World of Higher Education Podcast, we’re joined by Zach Bleemer, currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale
1.17: Higher Education in Saudi Arabia
Joining us on today’s episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast is Annalisa Pavan from University of Padova Italy. She's been studying Saudi higher education for many years. In particular, the…
1.16: University Governance in Canada: Navigating Complexity
Last fall, a quartet of Canadian higher education scholars – Julia Eastman, Olivier Bégin-Caouette Glen Jones, and Claude René Trottier, published a book with U of T Press entitled University Governa…
1.15: Performance-Based Funding in Europe
If you’re in North America, you know that one of the perennial debates in higher education finance is about the efficacy of performance-based funding, or PBF, with the bulk of the academic evidence s…
1.14: Colombian Higher Education
On this episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast, Javier Botero joins us to discuss Colombian higher education. These days he's a lead consultant at the World Bank, but formerly he was the Vi…
1.13: Nigerian Higher Education
On today’s episode of the World of Higher Education podcast, we’re talking about Nigerian higher education. Economically and politically, Nigeria is one of Africa's powerhouses. Yet, when it comes to…
1.12: Universities on Fire
Bryan Alexander joins us to talk about his new book, Universities on Fire, Higher Education in the Climate Crisis.
1.11: Higher Education in Ireland
Join Alex Usher as he talks all things Irish higher education. Joining as expert guide to the terrain is guest, Ellen Hazelkorn, principal at BH Associates, a Higher Education consultancy in Ireland,…
1.10: Autonomy Scorecard
This week’s guest is Enora Bennetot Pruvot, Deputy Director Governance, Funding & Public Policy Development at the European University Association. She joins Alex Usher from Brussels to talk about th…
1.9: Venezuelan Higher Education
This week’s guest is Juan Carlos Navarro, International expert in higher education, innovation and digital talent; Senior advisor to several international institutions and universities; and Member of…