Angola Chinese Aid Brings Inauguration of 2 New Institutes Sumbe Polytechnic Institute and Waku High Agrarian Institute in the central province of Kwanza-Sul were opened in September. The new institutions will cater to more than 1,000 students each, and have been opened through cooperation between…
Regional International Stakeholders in Higher Education Pen Global Principles for Graduate Education Leaders from higher education institutions and organizations around the world who participated in what they termed as the first global meeting on graduate education have produced a statement outlining nine guiding principles for…
Australia The Costs of Doing Business Overseas A recent article in the Australian newspaper suggests that recruiting overseas comes at a high price, and that Australian universities are spending more than US$53 million a year in offshore-agent commissions to recruit international students in a market…
Bosnia and Herzegovina New Higher Education Law The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina passed a law on higher education, July 30, which is designed to bring the country into line with other European education systems and to open it to the international community. The new…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews In the April issue of WENR we looked at the impact of the Bologna Process beyond the borders of Europe, providing an overview of how the European higher education reform movement is influencing reform in other…