While significant quality gaps between institutions in Asia and the West remain—according to the editors of Asia: The Next Higher Education Superpower?— the region’s higher education systems are catching up, and are increasingly asserting their ambitions and influence in the region and beyond.—ICEF Monitor

IIE’s Clare Banks, interviewed for the article, argues that the key to helping higher education in emergencies was to leverage funding and networks and to act fast. — University World News

Officials at Westmont College in Santa Barbara hope the tests, which can measure empathy, memory, reason, and other functions, will provide some insight into its value. — The Chronicle of Higher Education