Regional Record Numbers of Students Although the pace of educational progress in Afghanistan varies dramatically across the country, depending largely on who maintains control there, students and teachers at 9,000 schools in 29 provinces began the new academic year on March 23 in record numbers….
By Abdul Kargbo & Margery Yeager In 1971, a 21-year-old Taiwanese electrical engineer came to the University of Tennessee to further his education. He earned master’s and doctorate degrees and decided to stay in the United States. He also got married and started a family—and…
Regional Study Suggests Re-training Needs for European Workers European workers will need to re-train in coming years to meet technological and organizational changes in the European economy, even in the most elementary jobs, according to a forecast conducted by the European Centre for the Development…
Israel Report: Number of Israeli Scholars in the U.S. is Equal to 25% of those in Israel According to the findings of a new report on the Israeli brain drain, the number of Israeli academics working in the United States is roughly equivalent to 25…
Kyrgyzstan Colleges Training Kyrgyz to Work Overseas to Ease Unemployment at Home Government officials are actively encouraging vocational colleges to train young people for job prospects abroad in a bid to ease the burden of high levels of unemployment at home. Kyrgyz colleges are now…