Iran Study: Iran Has the World’s Fastest Growing Research Output Simon Marginson writes about the globalization of research science in Times Higher Education, highlighting trends underlined in a recent report from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Science and Engineering Indicators 2014. According to the report, expenditure has…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews The movement to harmonize degree structures, qualifications frameworks and quality standards across Europe began 15 years ago with the 1999 signing of the Bologna Declaration. Eleven years later and one of the end of goals, the…
Paul Schulmann, Research & Advisory Services, WES Vietnam’s higher education sector faces significant challenges. These are related to quality standards, a low post-graduation employment rate, and widespread corruption. Between 1999/2000 and 2012, the number of higher education institutions (HEIs) in Vietnam grew from 153 to 419;…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews Over the 15 years that European stakeholders have been working towards developing the regional level qualifications frameworks, academic credit systems and quality assurance networks that define the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), there has been significant…
Iran U.S. Government Opens Door to Academic Exchanges With Iran The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control in March issued a general license authorizing academic exchanges between the United States and Iran, and allowing Iranian students to participate in U.S.-based massive…