Regional 20 US-Africa University Partnership Initiatives Launched Awards from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Higher Education for Development (HED) are for only $50,000 each, but they are viewed as the first step in more sustainable long-term partnerships. The 40 paired winners…
Regional International Effort to Beat Diploma Mills In recognition of the fact that diploma mills are essentially stateless, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have issued a joint set of guidelines on “effective practice” in…
Regional A “Truly Global” PhD The international higher education network Universitas 21 has come to agreement on a program designed to allow PhD students to “develop a truly global perspective on their studies.” The agreement, signed by vice-chancellors and presidents from 14 universities around the…
Regional Europe Lays Groundwork for Global University Ranking The European Union has begun the process of creating its own university-ranking system by selecting a consortium of research groups to carry out a feasibility study “on the design and testing of a new multidimensional global university…
Regional Obama’s Plans for Educational Cooperation in the Middle East US President Barack Obama announced plans recently for improved higher-education cooperation between the United States and Muslim States in the Middle East in a bid to promote the development of knowledge-based society in the Muslim…