Kyrgyzstan In the southern city of Jalalabad, there was a deadly ethnic riot in May at the People’s Friendship University. The country’s interim government has only tenuous control in the south after the government of Kurmanbek Bakiyev was overthrown in April and the police have…
Regional A Commitment to Research and Facilities Required if Continent is to Meet its Vast Potential Poor research output and facilities must be met head on if the African continent is to meet its potential, according to a recent report by Evidence, a UK-based subsidiary…
Regional Policymakers Call for Increased Caribbean Cooperation in Education During a two-day Caribbean higher-education conference, policymakers, educators and experts discussed higher education in the Caribbean region. The April meeting, organized by the Surinam government, the Organization of American States and Unesco, opened with a request…
Regional East Asia Moves Forward on Education Harmonization Project China, Japan, and South Korea, East Asia’s big three education markets, have taken a small step toward academic integration with the first government-level meeting aimed at increasing the regional mobility of students and professors. The “Campus…
Regional Magazine Summary of Bologna Achievements Published A summary of progress made under the Bologna reforms up to 2010 was released by the Hungarian and Austrian Ministers for Science and Research, Education and Culture, who co-hosted the 2010 Bologna ministerial meeting. The purpose of the…