Regional Conference Focuses on Tertiary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa In September, tertiary education experts from Sub-Saharan Africa met in Ghana to discuss the problems of declining academic standards, limited budgets and increasing pressure to admit an ever-increasing number of students. The three-day conference was sponsored…
Regional AACSB International Accredits New Programs The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business recently announced the accreditation of 19 business programs: Aston University (UK); Barry University; Brock University (Canada); ESCP-EAP (France); HEC Montreal (Canada); Instituto Panamericano de Alta Direccion de Empresa (Mexico); National University…
Afghanistan Private Universities to Fill Demand Despite Afghanistan’s poverty, international institutions of higher education say there is a market for fee-paying education, and there are now plans for at least two international colleges in Kabul. Demand is high in a country where teaching and education…
By Nick Clark, Assistant Editor, WENR Legal Framework On June 19, 1991, soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Latvia reformed its system of education with the adoption of the Law on Education. This law provided the legal background for changes roughly consistent with…
Regional EQUIS Accredits Three New Schools In June, the Lancaster Business School (UK), ESSEC Business School (France) and Universidad de Los Andes Facultad de Administracion (Colombia) were awarded the EQUIS label. EQUIS is the quality assurance scheme run by the European Foundation for Management Development….