by Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR There has been much hand wringing in the press and on Capitol Hill lately over delays and snags in the plans to reform America’s student-visa system. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, politicians and journalists alike have been clamoring for stricter…
Israel Galillee College Welcomes Palestinian and Jordanian Senior Managers For the first time since the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000, a group of 25 senior Palestinian and Jordanian officials have begun teaching advanced management training courses at Galillee College in Israel. Participants…
Georgia Shevardnadze Quells Student Protest President Eduard Shevardnadze met with students on the campus of Tbilisi State University in a last-ditch attempt to quell the recent wave of anti-government demonstrations, which threaten his administration. The meeting concluded with Shevardnadze promising to set up a student…
Regional Engineering Goes Global Old Dominion University, in conjunction with eight universities from Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland, recently created a master’s degree program in global engineering. This program allows students to spend one semester at Old Dominion in Virginia…
Afghanistan Afghan University Struggles in Pakistan The Afghan University situated in Peshawar, Pakistan remains a symbol of hope for the more than 2.5 million refugees who reside there. The faculty is mostly comprised of academics who could not teach freely in Afghanistan under the Taliban…