Regional New Online Program to be Launched In an effort to combat the scarcity of current academic journals in African universities, administrators in 10 East African schools and four institutions in northern Europe are ready to launch an online program to facilitate the exchange of…
Cuba Cuban Medical Scholarship Program Stirs Debate by Luke Reynolds, Staff Writer, WENR In a late-night meeting in May 2000, Cuban President Fidel Castro extended an offer to U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., which promised to provide free medical education to 500 students from…
Regional Commission Adopts Technology Plan The European Commission has adopted a US$13.3 billion plan to improve information technology skills and promote online education throughout the European Union. The “eLearning Action Plan” outlines a three-year program to build up appropriate technological infrastructures at all European universities,…
Regional Conference Explored Educational Cooperation A UNESCO conference conducted in Oman in mid-March explored the growing necessity for ooperation in education between states and acknowledged the need to avoid a dilution of shared heritage and culture in the Persian Gulf. Some 150 prominent educators from…
Azerbaijan The government has annulled the offering of military courses in institutions of higher education, which had previously allowed students to simultaneously continue their studies and fulfill compulsory national military service. Students protested the move by picketing the National Defense Ministry. — Times Higher Supplement…