ROPS 2023

ROPS Special Thematic Issue: Neo-Nationalism and Universities Updates

2023

Since the publication of Neo-Nationalism and Universities: Populists, Autocrats, and the Future of Higher Education(link is external) (Johns Hopkins University Press, Open Access), national and geopolitical events continue to pose challenges for universities, including Putin’s war on Ukraine, increased autocratic control in many parts of the world, a rising tide of neo-nationalist parties and politicians, and now the tragic eruption of the Israeli-...

ROPS Special Thematic Issue: Neo-Nationalism and Universities Updates

Selected contributors to the book Neo-Nationalism and Universities: Populists, Autocrats, and the Future of Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, Open Access via Project Muse) were asked to provide brief updates to their cases studies. Since the book’s publication, the COVID pandemic has receded, although not disappeared, as a force shaping global higher education networks and national policy, but more importantly geopolitical events that now include Putin’s war on Ukraine, increased autocratic control in many parts of the world as well as a rising tide of neo-nationalism parties...

New UWN Article by Igor Chirikov: Weaponisation of Universities: A ‘Back-to-the-Future’ Story

November 13, 2023
Igor Chirikov

New UWN Article by Igor Chirikov: Weaponisation of Universities: A ‘Back-to-the-Future’ Story

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20231109104134745

New UWN Article by John A. Douglass: US Universities Face a Precipice under a Trump Presidency

November 13, 2023
John A Douglass

New UWN Article by John A. Douglass: US Universities Face a Precipice under a Trump Presidency

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20231108180022267

ROPS New Thematic Special Issue: Neo-Nationalism and Universities Updates

November 8, 2023

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ROPS Special Thematic Issue: Neo-Nationalism and Universities Updates

Editor's Note

Since the publication of Neo-Nationalism and Universities: Populists, Autocrats, and the Future of Higher Education(link is external) (Johns Hopkins University Press, Open Access), national and geopolitical events continue to pose challenges for universities, including Putin’s war on Ukraine, increased autocratic control in many parts of the world, a rising tide of neo-nationalist parties and politicians, and now the tragic eruption of...

ROPS 2023

ROPS papers published in 2023

ROPS Special Thematic Issue 2023: Reflections on the Challenges of Representation and Academic Freedom

CSHE is devoted to supporting open and civil debate on key issues facing higher education. The ROPS contribution posted below by Steven Brint and Komi Frey discusses what some may view as a controversial issue within the academy, specifically University of California policies and practices related to DEI statements used in the hiring and advancement of faculty, and how they intersect with academic freedom, as well as broader issues related to the contemporary academic culture of universities. Because the editors of ROPS anticipated differing views regarding their analysis, and for the purpose...

Strengthening the Liberal Arts Along the Pacific Rim: The Pacific Alliance of Liberal Arts Colleges (PALAC) by Bryan E. Penprase and Thomas Schneider, CSHE 2.23 (April 2023)

Bryan Edward Penprase, Thomas Schneider
2023

While international alliances among research universities are relatively well established, the challenges for the small liberal arts college to execute a meaningful global collaboration can be much more difficult, due both to the much smaller size of the institution, its more limited resources, and its smaller and more intimate culture centered on undergraduate teaching and learning. A new alliance of liberal arts colleges known as the Pacific Alliance of Liberal Arts Colleges (PALAC) was established in 2021 with the purpose to better articulate the global components of liberal arts...

The Attractiveness of European Higher Education Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Faculty Remuneration and Career Paths by Alice Civera, Erik E. Lehmann, Michele Meoli & Stefano Paleari, CSHE.1.23 (March 2023)

Alice Civera; Erik E. Lehmann; Michele Meoli; Stefano Paleari
2023

The academic professoriate is a determinant of successful higher education systems. Yet, recently, worsening conditions of employment, deteriorating salaries, and threats to job security have made the academic profession less attractive, especially to young scholars, in several countries. This paper investigates the salaries as well as the recruitment and retention procedures in public higher education institutions from a cross country perspective. The UK, Germany, France, and Italy are adopted as case studies to determine the attractiveness of European higher education systems. The...