Regional Online Initiative Widens Access to Quality Mathematics Courses Shared goals for improving student performance in mathematics have led to a groundbreaking agreement announced in July between Corporacion Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet (CUDI), a Mexico City-based educational nonprofit representing more than 70 Mexican…
Regional G8 Leaders Pay Lip Service to Science, Technology Following the conclusions of British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa (see March/April 2005 issue of WENR), which argues that specific action to strengthen science, engineering and technology capacity is “an imperative for Africa,” a…
Regional Bologna Trends Report IV Released The European University Association (EUA) released its fourth Trends report prior to the recent summit of education ministers in Bergen, Norway. The reports are designed to offer a progress update of changes to the European higher-education landscape since the…
By Nick Clark, Editor, WENR CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN JAPANThe Japanese education system is modeled on and heavily influenced by its American counterpart. The Fundamental Law of Education, passed in 1947 under American occupation, introduced the 6+3+3+4 structure of Japanese…
Regional MIT Links Electronically with Region’s Universities Students at three universities in Uganda, Tanzania and Nigeria will soon be able to access five Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) labs via the Internet to perform sophisticated science and engineering experiments. The collaboration of MIT’s Center for…