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Pearson teams up with Malaysian university

The PIE News

We are delighted to partner with Malaysia’s top university, ranked 60th in the world to their international education goals, while at the same time, supporting Malaysia’s ambition to become a global education hub, with a target to attract 250,000 international students by 2025,” said Matthew Lampkin, Director PTE Asia at Pearson. “We

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22% of Tenure-Track Professors Have a Parent With a Ph.D.

Inside Higher Ed

The study involved combining national-level data on education, income and university rankings with a 2017–2020 survey of 7,204 U.S.-based from the University of Colorado at Boulder and current Twitter data scientist, wrote with her colleagues. Morgan, a recent computer science Ph.D.

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Rankings and the line of best fit – the ultimate guide or a blunt instrument?

The PIE News

Love them or loathe them, university rankings carry weight. The sheer breadth of rankings can be surprising, from THE, QS, Shanghai Rankings, to the Private University Ranking – ASEAN, Studocu’s World University Ranking, Webometrics, and the Round University Rankings to name but a few.

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“Dramatic growth” in US HE & agent partnerships

The PIE News

According to the survey, when educational agencies vet potential partners, their top two attributes are academic programs and tuition fees, both of which outweighed university rankings. Several other key findings emerged from the data. “One-third

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QS Quacquarelli Symonds has acquired StudentApply

QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)

And our QS World University Rankings® are the world’s most popular source of comparative data about university performance, garnering more than 79,000 mentions in the media. . Progressing towards our vision .

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A brief look at … Mexico

The PIE News

Mexico accounts for a major chunk of the top universities in Latin America. Some 64 Mexican universities are included in the 2024 QS Latin America University Rankings , which highlights the top 400 institutions. Brazil is the only other Latin American country claiming more.

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“Hyper-competition” approaches but adequate resources missing

The PIE News

The report urged universities to develop not only sophisticated pricing strategies but also sophisticated scholarships strategies. Across the three countries survey, 67% of QS 1-100 institutions said they planned to invest more in scholarships, while 55% of those ranked 101-250 indicated they planned to invest more or much more.