According to the findings of a recent survey of Indian and Chinese students looking to study abroad, a university’s website is one of the most critical aspects of its recruiting arsenal. While program quality and personal security are the most important factors for students in…
Belarus Academics and Students Call for Reform Leading Belarusian academics have made urgent calls for reform of higher education in the country amid international concern about the treatment of students and scholars who opposed the recent re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko. Mr Lukashenko has been…
Regional African Quality Rating System to Launch in 2011 The African Union aims to launch an initiative in 2011 that seeks to assess the comparative quality of institutions of higher education across the continent. The African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM) is being developed as an…
Regional Five Myths About Internationalization in Higher Education In the latest issue of International Higher Education, Jane Knight, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) outlines “Five Myths About Internationalization.” These myths include foreign students as internationalization agents,…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews Hong Kong is readying itself for major reforms to its education system that will see secondary school students graduating a year earlier at age 17 and universities offering four-year undergraduate degrees in lieu of British-modeled three-year…