Afghanistan Private Universities to Pick Up Capacity Slack Afghan authorities announced recently that more than 130,000 students, a third of them female, had passed exams to enter university in the upcoming academic year, bringing into focus Afghanistan’s challenges with rebuilding its education system. With state…
Regional Nordic Countries Lead Europe for English-Language Provision The Nordic region has the greatest proportion of English-taught programs in Europe at the higher education level, according to a recent study by the Academic Cooperation Association. The report, English-Taught Programs in European Higher Education, found that 61 percent of…
Regional Network of Diploma Mills Preys on Students from Middle East A global network of fraudulent online universities is using high-pressure sales tactics and phony scholarships to extract money from students who end up with worthless degrees, according to Al-Fanar Media. MUST University appears to…
Regional Internationally Mobile Students from the Region Increasingly Likely to Choose the U.S. Since 2000, the number of students from the Middle East and North Africa has more than tripled, according to data from the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors report. Much of the growth…
Brazil For-Profit Universities Fight Financial Aid Rule Changes Higher education companies in Brazil are lobbying the government to rescind new rules on financial aid that they fear will stop students enrolling in private programs. A federal decree that was quietly published during the Christmas period…