Jordan US Pledges $30 Billion to Educate Iraqi Refugees in Jordan and other Neighboring Countries The top U.S. envoy on refugees announced in late August that the United States will increase its support to countries hosting Iraqi refugees with a US$30 million grant for education….
By Grant McBurnie and Christopher Ziguras Everybody knows that the number of tertiary students traveling abroad to study continues to grow. The OECD reports that in 2003 there were 2.12 million tertiary students studying outside their country of origin, a rise of nearly 50% since…
Kazakhstan Higher Education and Science Cooperation Agreement Signed with Jordan Jordan and Kazakhstan have agreed to cooperate in science, technology and innovation as well as higher education. This agreement was announced during the two-day visit in August of Jordan’s King Abdullah II to Astana, the…
Regional Ugandan, Rwandan Ministers Discuss Prospects for Cross-Border Cooperation Government education officials in Uganda and Rwanda met recently to discuss initiatives that would lead to “borderless education” between the neighboring African countries. Uganda’s minister of education, Namirembe Bitamazire, called for greater interaction between the two…
Regional United States to Latin America: “Send Us Your Students” U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, and seven university leaders traveled to Chile and Brazil this month, meeting with reporters and education officials. Seemingly, another key element of the trip was to assure the continent’s…