Kenya Strikes Shutter Universities Universities in Kenya were brought to a standstill in early November by striking faculty members demanding huge salary increases. At some universities, the strikes, which lasted nine days, disrupted final exams and/or graduation ceremonies. Towards the end of November, lecturers suspended…
Brazil 18 U.S. Colleges and Universities Selected for Brazil Partnership Program The Institute of International Education announced recently the 18 U.S. colleges and universities selected for the 2012 Brazil initiative of IIE’s International Academic Partnership Program (IAPP). Over the next year, IIE will lead a…
Regional Asian Students Apply to Top Business Programs in Rapidly Increasing Numbers Economic growth in Asia is prompting students and young workers to pursue MBAs in ever increasing numbers, a trend that has drawn interest from the world’s top business schools and burnished the reputation…
Regional Mapping Mobility European countries are home to more than half of all foreign students worldwide, and in the last nine years, their overall number has risen over 80 percent, to more than 1.5 million, according to a new study commissioned by the European Commission….
By WES Staff Over the last four years there has been a dramatic explosion in the number of Chinese undergraduate students studying at U.S. universities and colleges. Between 2009 and 2010 alone there was an increase of over 17,000 Chinese undergraduates, more than the total…