SUCCESSFUL STUDENT FARM MANAGEMENT IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST
The AGEDS 450 farm is a 625-acre land owned by Iowa State University, which stands out as one of the successful models of transformation of higher education with the goal of functioning as a student-run farm management laboratory. Its story goes all the way back to 1943. The Farm Management and Operation course has evolved […]
GOOD PRACTICES FOR MONITORING COMMUNITY PROJECTS THANKS TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF HOPELCHEN
Recently, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced that it will provide support to the community work of the Technological Institute of Higher Education of Hopelchén through the Program for Strengthening the Professional, Human and Entrepreneurial Competencies of ITS Hopelchén Students, an initiative that seeks to strengthen the professional, human and entrepreneurial competencies of students, in addition […]
“A TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A STUDENT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR THINKING” LET’S TALK ABOUT PURDUE’S CATE
The university experience is fundamental in the formative process of a young person. With the goal of creating intentional experiences that enhance the academic process of its students, Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA) created the Purdue College of Agriculture Transformational Experiences, also known as CATE. These include co-curricular activities or high-impact educational practices based […]
BRINGING AGRICULTURE TO ITS ROOTS: THE AMAZING EXPERIENCE OF ITESCAM
The Calkiní Technological Institute of Higher Education is located in the Mayan indigenous influence zone in the state of Campeche, Mexico. It has 19 years of experience in training professionals, serving an approximate annual population of 1500 students. It currently offers nine academic programs, including Engineering in Sustainable Agricultural Innovation (IIAS). Around 85% of the […]
GIVING PLASTIC A SECOND CHANCE
Regarding World Recycling Day, celebrated last May 17, we want to share the story of Nel-Ange ST CYR, an agronomy student from one of our pilot universities, Quisqueya University in Haiti. She, at 24 years old, is positively impacting the environment with her VALPLAST initiative Example of the brick made by VALPAST from plastic waste […]
TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION AT THE TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF CONKAL
Appropriation and empowerment: Actions that generate co-responsibility for the success of the Transforming Higher Education Project. Author: Jorge Gamboa, facilitator of the Transforming Higher Education project at the Technological Institute of Conkal, Mexico. The Transforming Higher Education project is an educational initiative that seeks to transform the educational model of universities to graduate ethical leaders […]
The importance of tertiary education in Africa
Africa has been focusing on the way forward for the transformation of Tertiary Education Institutions across the continent. We are very happy to share this document where RUFORUM shares some of the highlights of the thinking on the issues and path forward for the transformation of tertiary education in Africa. As you will see from […]
LEADING BY EXAMPLE
The American University of Beirut, founded in 1866, is distinguished for being the top ranked university in Lebanon, and among the top 250 universities in the world. Its graduates reside in more than 100 countries. Currently, AUB is working on various initiatives, including environmental conservation, refugees, civic engagement, social entrepreneurship, actions against COVID, and more. […]
HIGHLIGHTS OF OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSION FROM PILOT UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP FOR THE SHARING OF TRANSFORMATION EXPERIENCES
The pilot universities are committed to the certainty of wanting to educate leaders, “agents of change”, with ethics and values, with a business entrepreneurship mentality and a responsibility to their communities. They recognize an obligation to acquire knowledge that must be shared and that we have to make widely available in our communities and beyond. […]
MEXICAN COMMITTEE FOR AGRONOMIC EDUCATION ACCREDITATION (COMEAA) AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION PROJECT JOIN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
December 2021. The Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA) and the Mexican Committee for Accreditation of Agronomic Education (COMEAA) established a cooperation alliance to promote accreditations of agricultural careers in Mexico and Central America. For the Transforming Higher Education project, the inclusion of COMEAA in its network of allies […]