Alex Usher

2.5: Brazilian Higher Education

S2E5 · October 5, 2023 · 23:53

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 Braz...

2.4: Higher Education in India

S2E4 · September 28, 2023 · 29:12

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 ...

2.3: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University

S2E3 · September 21, 2023 · 24:06

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 t...

2.2: Romanian Higher Education

S2E2 · September 14, 2023 · 24:04

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 tha...

2.1: Selective Schools and Holistic Admissions

S2E1 · September 7, 2023 · 27:32

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 Wh...

1.18: Admissions, Affirmative Action, and SCOTUS

S1E18 · June 15, 2023 · 22:24

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

S1E17 · June 12, 2023 · 26:16

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. I...

1.16: University Governance in Canada: Navigating Complexity

S1E16 · June 1, 2023 · 23:40

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 U...

1.15: Performance-Based Funding in Europe

S1E15 · May 26, 2023 · 20:52

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 ac...

1.14: Colombian Higher Education

S1E14 · May 18, 2023 · 21:57

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 forme...

1.13: Nigerian Higher Education

S1E13 · May 11, 2023 · 25:25

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,...

1.12: Universities on Fire

S1E12 · May 4, 2023 · 22:19

Bryan Alexander joins us to talk about his new book, Universities on Fire, Higher Education in the Climate Crisis. Download PDF transcript

1.11: Higher Education in Ireland

S1E11 · April 20, 2023 · 20:22

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 consul...

1.10: Autonomy Scorecard

S1E10 · April 13, 2023 · 20:36

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...

1.9: Venezuelan Higher Education

S1E9 · April 6, 2023 · 20:38

This week’s guest is Juan Carlos Navarro, International expert in higher education, innovation and digital talent; Senior advisor to several international institutions and universiti...

1.8: Instrumentality

S1E8 · March 30, 2023 · 22:23

This week’s guest on The World of Higher Education Podcast is Ethan Schrum, Associate Professor of history at Asuza Pacific University in California. Ethan is the author of a very ni...

1.7: Study Gods and Losers

S1E7 · March 23, 2023 · 21:12

This week’s guest on the World of Higher Education Podcast is Yi-Lin Chiang, author of Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition which was published in 202...

1.6: Higher Education in the Arab World

S1E6 · March 16, 2023 · 24:06

This week’s The World of Higher Education podcast features the work of Dr. Elizabeth Buckner from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Dr. Buck...

1.5: Corruption in South African Higher Education

S1E5 · March 9, 2023 · 22:03

This week, Alex Usher is joined by guest, Dr. Jonathan Jansen. Jansen is a professor of education at Stellenbosch University, and the President of the Academy of Science in South Afr...

1.4: Access Gaps in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

S1E4 · February 23, 2023 · 25:09

This week's guest is Jamil Salmi, former tertiary education co-ordinator with the World Bank, global higher education consultant and all-around mensch.Back in the mid-to-late 2000s, ...

1.3: The Year Ahead in American Higher Education

S1E3 · February 16, 2023 · 21:53

Join host Alex Usher as he meets with Chris Marsicano, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at Davidson College in North Carolina, to discuss what's ahead for Higher Education ...

1.2: The Jacinda Ardern Legacy

S1E2 · February 9, 2023 · 17:24

In this episode, Alex Usher is joined by Dave Guerin, Chief Executive and Editor-in-Chief of Tertiary Insight, a higher education news service based in Wellington, New Zealand. The s...

1.1: Australian Universities Accord with Andrew Norton

S1E1 · February 1, 2023 · 18:32

In this episode, Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education at the Centre for Social Research and Methods at the Australian National University joins host Alex Ushe...