Regional UN Reports a Huge Global Shortage of Teachers The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, released a report in April projecting a worldwide shortage of 18 million teachers over the next decade, most critically in sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab states. The…
By Kevin Rolwing, Assistant Director, WES CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN MEXICOMexico’s education system and its evolution over the last half-century can be characterized by one defining feature: its expansive growth. From 1950 to 2000, total student enrollments in the formal…
Azerbaijan Ministry of Education Deaccredits University Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Education has revoked its recognition of Independent Azerbaijan University. Minister of Education Misir Mammadov told a press conference that the university’s license to operate, which has been expired since 2004, would not be revalidated. The University…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional 3 Asian Universities Team-Up to Offer Joint MBA Korea University, National University of Singapore and Fudan University (China) reached an agreement recently to jointly offer an “Asian-style” MBA…
Bahrain French Business Interests Support Manama Business School As a result of a partnership with the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Arabian Gulf University (AGU) will open the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) Gulf, a business and finance graduate school, in the coming…