WENR, Apr. 2006: Russia & The Commonwealth of Independent States

Armenia New Education Law to Reinvent Struggling Education System The Armenian National Assembly is confident that a wide-reaching education bill will be passed before the start of the school year in September. The new law will introduce a 12-year education system to replace the current…

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WENR, Apr. 2006: Asia Pacific

Australia Flow of Foreign Students to Australian Universities Down Australian Education International, a wing of the Australian Department of Education, released figures in February that illustrated a dramatic slowdown in the number of new foreign students enrolling at Australian institutions of higher education. The number…

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WENR, Apr. 2006: Middle East and North Africa

Bahrain Women’s University Expands, Gains International Partners The Royal University for Women (RUW) in West Riffa is expanding locally and internationally. The university’s new six-building campus, including a library, student union, and gymnasium, is 60 percent completed and scheduled to be ready to open at…

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Education in the Maghreb: Algeria

Nick Clark, Editor, WENR At independence in 1962 the Algerian education system was highly exclusive and geared toward the training of a French colonial elite. With the creation of the Ministry of Education in 1963, the process of building an inclusive and open national education…

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WENR, Apr. 2006: Americas

Regional Registrars Group Fights to Protect its Reputation The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) have filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit against the American Universities Admissions Program (AUAP) in an effort to protect its reputation, and unmask AUAP as a fraudulent…

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