Brazil University Completion Rates Fall for First Time in a Decade There was a 5.7 percent drop in the number of Brazilian graduates last year compared with 2012 – the first decline in the number of university leavers since 2003. Some 991,000 students graduated in…
Regional Online Learning Proliferates in Asia Booming enrollment in online higher education, rapid content digitization, the rollout of national online education networks and teacher shortages in rapidly developing countries have led to huge demand for eLearning products, according to a recently released market research report…
Regional Google Releases Data on Most-Googled Institutions of Higher Education Google has revealed the most popular searches for people around the world looking for universities, and the ranking is significantly different from the traditional map of the global powerhouses of higher education. There is a…
Bahrain International Scholarship Program Celebrates 15th Year Bahrain’s Crown Prince International Scholarship Program celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The program has sent 146 students overseas to date, funding all costs incurred during study abroad and paying out up to US$500,000 per student. Founded in 1999 by…
Regional Brain Drain or Brain Circulation? In 2010/11, there were 2.9 million tertiary-educated migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa living in OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries. Some 450,000 had arrived there in the previous five years. For years, debate has centered on how the…