Introduction Since the 1990s, the issue of quality assurance in higher education has become a focus of governments across Latin America and the Caribbean, and numerous accreditation organizations have emerged as a result. Large-scale expansion and diversification in the higher-education sector has prompted distinct changes…
Regional UNESCO to Build “Portal on Recognized Higher Education Institutions” The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization plans to increase the transparency of cross-border educational provision by building a portal that would provide searchable and easy access to information and online resources regarding foreign…
Regional Leaders From New Association of Business Schools Tour Europe, US Leaders from eight member institutions of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS) toured leading schools in the United Kingdom, France and the United States on a fact-finding mission in February. Directors from schools…
Turkmenistan New President Decrees Education Reform Newly elected Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov issued a decree on February 15 rolling back his predecessor’s curtailment of the country’s educational system, according to turkmenistan.ru. The decree will increase secondary education from nine to 10 years, and university education…
Australia International Student Enrollments up 11% in 2006 According to data released by the Department of Education Science and Technology in February, Australian institutions of education enrolled 383,818 full-fee paying international students on a student visa in calendar year 2006, a year-on-year increase of 10.9…