By Christina Asquith BAGHDAD – After a decade of sanctions had left his physics lab a crumbling shell, Raad Mohammed decided it was time to go. In 1999, following a route trodden by thousands of the best and brightest of Iraq’s academics, Dr. Mohammed escaped…
Regional Alternative Sources of Funding Sought Radical solutions are being sought for the crisis in African universities, including new sources of funding to supplement government efforts. Representatives of sub-Saharan African countries, who met recently in Ghana (see WENR Sept/Oct issue), said state funding no longer…
Central America Sylvan Acquires Central American University Sylvan Learning Systems announced recently it has bought the Universidad Interamericana, which has campuses in Costa Rica and Panama. The purchase marks the company’s first expansion into Central America and will add 5,900 students to its total enrollment….
Australia IDP Predicts Increased Growth International student numbers could increase more than sevenfold to 850,000 by 2025, according to the higher education marketing body IDP Education Australia. A recent cooperation deal with India on student and program exchanges have education professionals predicting that India will…
By Nick Clark, Assistant Editor, WENR Status of the Implementation Process In an attempt to benchmark progress that has been made towards the goal of establishing a European Higher Education Area by 2010, WENR will, over the next three issues, be providing updates on the…