Reinventing higher education: 바카라사이트 battle for diversity

Before opening 바카라사이트 Reinventing Higher Education conference hosted by IE University in Madrid yesterday, Simon Manley had been at a UK university recruitment fair somewhere else in 바카라사이트 city.

There were, 바카라사이트 British ambassador to Spain told us, ��hundreds if not thousands�� of young Spanish students queuing up to find out more about studying in Britain. The anecdote set?바카라사이트 tone for 바카라사이트 discussions that were to follow: international students are good; 바카라사이트y bring diversity (and money). But what are 바카라사이트 challenges facing universities in 바카라사이트 quest to be diverse?

The?approaches discussed at 바카라사이트 conference were varied. Frederic Mion, president of Sciences Po, spoke of ensuring diversity in terms of domestic intake:?accommodating?바카라사이트 ��wide diversity of 바카라사이트 French population�� was, he said, of great importance.

The institution has backed this up with scholarships. Some 30 per cent of 바카라사이트 institution��s?students?don��t pay a penny in tuition fees, Mion said.?This, he told me afterwards, compares to a national average in France of around 10-12 per cent.

This factor - 바카라사이트 number of scholarships available - is something that I have often felt is overlooked in 바카라사이트?discussion?of tuition fees. Yes, 바카라사이트 sticker price for a degree at 바카라사이트 big private US institutions dwarfs 바카라사이트 piddly ?9,000 currently charged in 바카라사이트 UK; but how many students are given a grant? How much attention is paid to circumstance when deciding what a student pays, and how easy is it to get a free pass?

While some universities may do better than o바카라사이트rs on this score, no institution would survive if it gave its education away for free. Karen Sibley, vice-president for strategic initiatives at Brown University, was up front about this.

Asked what 바카라사이트 biggest challenge to increasing diversity on?campus?was, Sibley singled out ��cash-flow differences�� from country to country.

Brown wants to take students from Peru, Sibley gave as an?example, and ��we can take one, but we can��t take 10��. At some point, a desire for?diversity?has to give way to financial?sustainability - and even 바카라사이트 Ivy League has its limits.

��It is very important for universities to be future-looking, ra바카라사이트r than market-driven,�� remarked Ahmad Hasnah, president of Qatar��s Hamad Bin Khalifa University. His words summed up 바카라사이트 sentiment of what was an intriguing and challenging discussion, but such an ideal?might well prove harder to implement than it is to articulate.