By Nick Clark, Editor, WENR Despite years of civil war between Sri Lanka’s ruling Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority, the country boasts one of the most literate populations in the developing world. Almost 91 percent of the adult population and over 97 percent of…
Regional West African Region Receives Grant to Implement Bologna Structure Based on the European ‘Bologna’ structure, the African Development Bank has provided US$52 million toward the harmonization of higher education reforms in the eight countries belonging to the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)….
Regional University Rankings Proliferate Across Lain America Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru each have at least one national ranking. Some are in their first year, others are more seasoned, and all use different approaches to evaluate their higher-education institutions. A few, such as in…
Regional US Mission to Vietnam, Indonesia Looks to Build Educational Ties In early April, a US trade mission conducted a weeklong trip to two of the fastest-growing markets in Asia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Led by the US Department of Commerce’s Under Secretary for International Trade…
Czech Republic International Enrollments Quadruple According to the Institute for Information in Education, the international student body at Czech universities has grown fourfold in as many years to nearly 38,000. Approximately one-third of international students are studying economics, 17 percent in technical fields, 15 percent…