WENR, Mar./Apr. 2002: Russia & CIS

Russia Stanford Offers Free Online Courses to Russians Stanford University recently began a series of political science courses open to Russian universities through CD-ROMs and online learning. The series was established to offer Russian students a glimpse of political science as experienced by U.S. students….

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Education in China

by Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR, and Xiao Chen, Area Specialist, WES CLICK TO READ OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION OF CHINA The People’s Republic of China is the world’s most populous nation, with 1.2 billion people and more than 50 ethnic groups. About 80 percent…

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WENR, Jan./Feb. 2002: Americas

Brazil Professors End Strike Professors returned to teaching in January after staging a semester-long strike that closed federal universities and forced them to postpone the fall term. At least 42,000 faculty members went on strike last August to demand a pay increase and the hiring…

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WENR, Jan./Feb. 2002: Asia Pacific

Australia Funding Crisis in Education Has Many Worried Last fall, students, faculty and university administrators around the country made it clear to the government: Make education a priority. The demand was backed by much of the business community, including media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who called…

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WENR, Jan./Feb. 2002: Europe

France France to Make Postgraduate Diplomas more Practically Oriented France’s National Council for Higher Education and Research (CNESER) has adopted two reform measures aimed at complying with the Bologna Declaration. One of the new decrees will introduce a postgraduate Mastaire, while the second is geared…

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