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Germany’s Teacher Shortage Triggering Academic Recession

Germany is struggling to find enough skilled teachers to cover growing enrolment in its educational institutions, media reports say. Critics claim the problem was identified a long time ago but the state did little to acknowledge it.

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Education The Victim As Suicide Bomber Hits Kabul Tuition Centre

A deadly suicide bombing on an education and tuition centre in the Afghan capital left at least 48 people dead on Wednesday, the latest in a series of deadly attacks that have hit the country in recent months.

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Can, Or Do, Global Rankings Gauge Quality Of University Education?

Global rankings provide no meaningful measure of education quality at universities across the world. International experts present their case. 

 

By Philip G Altbach and Ellen Hazelkorn

The most influential global academic rankings – the highly influential Shanghai Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU), Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS Top University Rankings – have been in existence for more than a decade and are now a major force in shaping higher education worldwide.