Regional South America to Engage with the Arab World with Development of Technology University Twelve South American nations and 22 Arab countries have agreed to increase the level of higher-education and technology cooperation between the two regions by creating an Arab-South American technology university. Joint…
Regional Asian University Presidents Call for Increased Academic Mobility Within Region In just its fourth year, Asia Pacific’s largest organization of internationally focused universities and individuals attracted over 800 presidents of Asian and European universities to its annual conference in Beijing in April. The attendees…
Regional European Commission Looks at Progress in Educational Structures Ministers from 46 (mainly European) countries met at the end of April to discuss progress made toward the goal of creating a European Higher Education Area by next year under the tenets of the Bologna Process. …
Regional Report on International Branch Campuses Issues Warnings and Suggestions A new statement issued by two university groups warns that the growing trend of North American colleges creating branch campuses abroad threatens the quality of higher education at home, while also undercutting the rights of…
Regional Rebuilding a Higher Education System Begins with One University Quality standards within the Russian higher education system have been in freefall since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Between 2006 and 2007, the nation’s flagship university, Moscow State, dropped from…