ACCESS OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN NIGERIANational Universities Commission The National Universities Commission (NUC), Nigeria’s higher education funding and regulatory body, has been producing an annual ranking of Nigerian universities for a number of years. In its 2005 ranking, the NUC assessed research output…
Korean Council for University Education (KCUE) An assessment and ranking of universities was carried out by the Korean Council for University Education, an umbrella group for Korean four-year universities, and published by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources in 2005. The report and rankings…
Regional European Higher Education has Positive International Reputation, Generally Speaking The findings of a recent survey conducted by the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA), “Perceptions of European Higher Education in Third Countries,” illustrate that Europe’s higher education offerings are perceived positively around the world, although information…
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…