Higher education and common good: Problems of definition, comparison and observation
March 2026
Though higher education is often associated with pecuniary outcomes for graduates, it also makes multiple diverse contributions to collective social outcomes. These contributions are under-theorised....
Rethinking China’s tertiary enrollment targets to 2035: UNESCO-based measurement, China–U.S. comparison, and level-shift recommendations
March 2026
China has established the development target of achieving a gross enrollment rate of 65% in higher education by 2035, and analyzed the differences between this indicator and the Gross Enrolment Ratio...
Micro-cheating practices and scholarly hypocrisy
March 2026
Integrity in academic life is largely defined in terms of student cheating, primarily represented by plagiarism, contract fraud and other forms of highly visible, dishonourable conduct. This paper takes...
State-directed evaluative coordination: The transformation of university governance in South Korea
March 2026
Since the late 1990s, a series of higher education reforms in South Korea—including BK21, NURI, LINC, RISE, and the Glocal University 30 Project—have aimed to enhance university competitiveness while...
Navigating time-to-degree: Supervisory responsibilities in Chinese doctoral education
March 2026
The timely completion of PhD programs has emerged as a critical concern in doctoral education globally. This study examines the influence of supervisory responsibilities on PhD completion rates and...
Problematizing the neorealist view of international higher education through the cases of China and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
Available online 8 August 2026
The article examines the ideational change regarding the rationales, norms, and values that underpin international higher education (IHE) and affect the behavior of states and other related actors....
Career counselling for female international doctoral students from the Global South
March 2026
Among the growing body of literature on female international PhD students, less critical attention is paid to non-traditional women doctoral students from the Global South. These students often encounter...
Adding a structure to mentoring: Seminar-based supervision in Swedish PhD education
March 2026
This article presents a common model for PhD supervision in Sweden, structured around three key seminars, which serve as milestones in a doctoral student’s progress. Each seminar has a distinct purpose:...
From technology transfer to capacity building: China-Africa AI cooperation for sustainable higher education development
Available online 16 August 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education and creating new opportunities for international collaboration. Although China–Africa AI cooperation has expanded rapidly, limited attention...
Theorizing international branch campuses in a fragmented world: Four approaches to the geopolitics of higher education
Available online 12 August 2026
International branch campuses (IBCs) have expanded rapidly in recent decades, but the geopolitical conditions in which they operate are changing drastically. What was once framed as outward internationalisation...
Jurisdictional challengers: How think tanks supplant universities in policy discussions in the United States
Available online 20 August 2026
This analysis examines the changing role of research universities in US education policymaking in relation to the rise of think tanks as influential brokers of policy-relevant knowledge. While universities...
“Doing it for myself” Rethinking the ‘integration versus separation’ dichotomy in international students’ academic identity construction
Available online 14 August 2026
Contemporary studies of international students enrolled in higher education institutions in English speaking countries largely subscribe to the notion that their integration or adjustment to the norms...