Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional Hu Trumpets Sino-African Educational Ties during 8-country Trip Chinese President Hu Jintao completed an eight-country African tour in February, which he used to discuss opportunities for educational cooperation…
Armenia Graft Not Uncommon in Higher Education The results of a survey conducted by the Sargis Tkhruni Youth Student Union, an Armenian student group affiliated with the Social Democratic political party, suggest widespread, institutionalized corruption within the county’s higher education system. The survey polled 2000…
Afghanistan SDSU Awarded $2 Million World Bank Contract to Work in Afghanistan The Afghan Ministry of Higher Education has awarded San Diego State University a nearly US$2 million contract to assist Nangarhar University, located in Jalalabad, in re-establishing higher education programs. Funded by the World…
Iraq American University of Iraq Planned The New York Times reports that plans and preparations for an American University of Iraq, modeled after the famous private universities in Cairo and Beirut, are well advanced. Already, a board of trustees is in place; a business plan…
Regional Spanish Language Distance Learning, an Established and Growing Model The Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER) is a Barcelona-based international alliance of approximately 50 universities that has been offering tertiary distance-education programs in Spanish for over a decade. The alliance is made up of universities from…