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Whilst the international higher education market is becoming more competitive as education competes as export and import commodity, international higher education in South Africa still attracts little attention. This is in sharp contrast with countries like Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America where educational services represent respectively the third, fourth and fifth largest export service. In contrast to this, the South African Institutions of Higher Education in South Africa have an inclination to address the imbalances of the past, caused by the previous Apartheid Political System. This national oriented approach has a detrimental effect on Institutions of Higher Education in South Africa’s ability to significantly gain in terms of education export.

With countries in the Middle East like Qatar having vast oil and natural gas deposits already making a huge efforts to start the transition of their oil based economy to a knowledge based economy should be a significant warning sign to the United States. These countries have some of the largest oil reserves in the world, yet they are aggressively taking actions to have an economy that is no longer based on oil.

Increasing numbers of people are using the Internet for the provision of all sorts of health services, from prescribing, through consulting to setting up automated self-treatment programs. But what about using it for education and therapy?

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What makes for successful education reform? Research, commonsense, concern for children, and creative, motivated teachers. In this article an education professor, teacher of young children, and a long time observer of schools and a kid watcher, proposes three keys to effective, commonsense educational reform. Read about a path to reform that can unite instead of separate stakeholders, a reform where the winners aren't politicians, pundits, of media evangelist but children.