Azerbaijan Universities to Work Toward Bologna Reform Goals A government working group has been established to develop a raft of higher education reforms after a decree was signed by President Ilham Aliyev at the end of January, according to Trend News. The reforms will be…
By Mariam Assefa, Executive Director, WES and Robert Sedgwick, WENR Editor 1999-2005 The first Bologna bachelor’s degrees were awarded in 2003, which means that European students have already begun using the new qualifications to gain entry to graduate-level programs in the United States. The Bologna…
Regional East African Council Issues New Quality Assurance Guidelines The Inter-University Council of East Africa has issued quality guidelines to be adopted by higher education regulators in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The guidelines are to be used as the criteria for licensing and accrediting university-level…
Canada Education Company Buys Community College with China Ties CIBT Education Group, a Canadian education company that currently manages 17 institutions of higher education in China, has bought Sprott-Shaw Community College in Vancouver, British Columbia, which has plans to export many of its 140 vocational…
Afghanistan Government Attempts to Bring Madrassas into State System The BBC reported in January that the Afghan government is trying to bring religious schools, known as madrassas and synonymous with inspiring a generation of Taliban fundamentalists, into the fold of the state education system rather…