Regional Global Tuition Fees Mainly Stable A survey of 39 countries found that more than 75 percent of them did not increase university tuition fees in 2010. However Higher Education Strategy Associates, the Toronto-based consulting company that conducted the study, expects universities worldwide to seek…
Regional Internationally Mobile Student Numbers Continue to Rise The number of international students around the world is continuing to rise sharply, with provisional figures from Unesco’s Institute for Statistics showing an annual increase of 12 percent. The final figures for 2009, to be published in…
Regional English-language Provision Proving Somewhat Problematic The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that there are more than 2,000 English-language university programs being taught in Europe as universities look to diversify their student body and raise their international profiles. However, there are problems associated with teaching…
By WES Staff In times of budgetary constraints at universities around the world, the topic of international student recruitment and how institutions and nations might capitalize on this important source of intellectual and financial capital has become increasingly pertinent in recent years. In this article,…
Iraq 15 New Universities by 2020 Iraq’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced recently a plan to create 15 new universities by 2020. The expansion plan, announced by Ali Al-Adeeb in February, will complement an existing initiative to improve quality standards at current…