Huron Education Announces Podcast Series Focused on Global Higher Education

--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Huron Consulting Group today announced a Huron Education podcast series focusing on the state of higher education around the world and featuring leading industry experts.

The podcast series discusses the future of universities’ international presence, changes in the global education landscape, and what it all means for institutions. In addition, the multi-part podcast series provides strategies and solutions that can drive quality improvements for global institutions.

Global Education Podcast: A conversation with Philip G. Altbach

This session discusses where the activity is in international higher education. Presenters explore how institutions around the world will educate more than 200 million students by the end of the decade and offer insights into what lies ahead, including:

• The Middle East, China and India, and the unique challenges and opportunities in the development of each region’s higher education system.
• The “massification” of higher education and its impact on education and economies in the U.S. and abroad.

This podcast is hosted by Huron Education’s Edwin Eisendrath and features Philip Altbach, Director of The Boston College Center for International Higher Education (CIHE). To listen, visit: http://www.huronconsultinggroup.com/researchdetails.aspx?articleId=2976.

Global Education Podcast: A conversation with William Massy

This session seeks to dispel the notion around “management of academic productivity” and surveys quality improvements over the last decade-plus in global education, including:

• Key activities to successfully managing academic productivity and increasing quality over a continuous lifecycle.
• Faculty receptiveness and adjustments resulting from quality improvement.
• The interrelationship between improved quality and course redesign, technology-enabled learning, and cost across all university types.

This podcast is hosted by Huron Education’s Edwin Eisendrath and features William Massy, consultant to higher education and professor emeritus at Stanford University. To listen, visit: http://www.huronconsultinggroup.com/researchdetails.aspx?articleId=2977.

If you are interested in speaking with Edwin or another one of Huron’s Global Higher Education experts on higher education issues impacting the Middle East and around the globe, please contact:

Jennifer Frost Hennagir
312-880-3260
[e-mail]

Jenna Nichols
312-880-5693
[e-mail]

About Huron Education

Huron Education is the premier provider serving the unique needs of the higher education industry. Our team of professionals, each with extensive knowledge and experience in the business of higher education and academic medical centers, delivers comprehensive services to the industry and partners with institutions to improve business performance across the enterprise. Our professionals draw from their experience working in the strategic, financial, operational, and regulatory aspects of higher education to develop and implement the most effective consulting and software solutions. Huron Education has helped more than 90 of the nation’s top 100 research institutions improve their performance so they can continue their traditions of extraordinary achievement.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve performance, comply with complex regulations, reduce costs, recover from distress, leverage technology, and stimulate growth. The Company teams with its clients to deliver sustainable and measurable results. Huron provides services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including healthcare organizations, Fortune 500 companies, leading academic institutions, medium-sized businesses, and the law firms that represent these various organizations. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.