“’What have you done to make the world a better place?’ It’s a question we all ask ourselves at some point in our lives. It’s also the question driving some of the most important work…

Support for AWB announced on the R. Howard Webster Foundation website. See it here! Thank you to this generous funder!

On January 31, Greg Moran took part in a panel discussion, Higher Education: The Ongoing Tension Between Nationalism and Internationalism, hosted by McMaster University, one of our Network universities.  Along with Greg, panelists included McMaster…

This recent article in University World News describes research from a South African researcher examining the prevalence of collaboration between African and non-African researchers relative to inter-African collaborations. The study also raises questions regarding the…

AWB participated in a conference on Internationalization in Higher Education: New Trends and Future Directions for Ontario on November 3, 2017 in Toronto. At issue were all the ways that universities can connect their students…

A recent blog post was wrong about massive open online courses, Arshad Ahmad and Barbara Oakley write. MOOCs aren’t the promised panacea, but they are neither dangerous nor dead. John Warner’s recent blog post “MOOCs…

Sixty people from Montreal’s academic and broader communities attended AWB-USF’s reception at the McGill Faculty Club on October 19, 2017. It was a terrific opportunity for them to learn more about the organization and especially…

Academics Without Borders is a volunteer driven NGO, implementing vital, practical projects to strengthen higher education in developing countries so that they have the skilled professionals, such as nurses, teachers, doctors, engineers and computer scientists…

Today, the urgent needs of those threatened by famine, disease and violence are immense. Understandably, governments and the people of more privileged countries focus first on delivering medical care, shelter, food and water. Beyond these…

PAHS (Patan Academy of Health Sciences) established a master’s program in Public Health last year, with a view to improving underlying health conditions across the country through public health programs. In 2016, I was generously…

My goodness – our third and final week in Malawi! Our work with the Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) faculty, students and key stakeholders has flown by. This past week, Pammla and I divided our…

Our second week in Malawi has been characterized by a hands-on approach to the ongoing research capacity building we are doing together here at Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN). Monday and Tuesday, we all rolled…

Our first week in Malawi has been very busy, and the Dean of Nursing, Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN), Dr. Gertrude Mwalabu, Dr. Pammla Petrucka and I feel that we have exceeded our expectations and…