By Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR A number of articles have appeared in the press as of late bemoaning the first downturn in international student enrollments in the U.S. in more than 30 years. Much of the concern has focused on the diminishing cohorts of students…
By Nick Clark, Assistant Editor WENR CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINESThe development of the Philippine education system has been heavily influenced by its colonial history, which has included periods of Spanish, American and Japanese colonization and occupation. During the…
Regional Universal Education Goals Unlikely to be Met The United Nations’ goal of universal primary education by 2015 is unlikely to be reached, a new report concludes. More children are going to school, but many are dropping out before finishing primary education, according to UNESCO….
Belarus Shuttered University Relocates to Lithuania European Humanities University (EHU), which was closed by Belarusian authorities in July (see September/October 2004 issue WENR), has registered a “virtual” educational division in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. The new initiative, called EHU-International, started online classes for an estimated…
Regional Regional Accreditation System a Goal Among Management Schools The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported in August that an association of management schools recently has been established with the goal of instituting a regional quality-evaluation system for management education. The first of its kind in…