By Rahul Choudaha, Director of Development and Innovation, and Kata Orosz, Research Intern, WES With more than 100,000 Indian students enrolled in the United States, as compared to 43,000 in Europe1, the country commands strong brand equity among Indian students (earlier article on US-India academic…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews Critics of Sri Lankan higher education frequently point to capacity constraints at public universities, which currently have a monopoly on the awarding of degrees, a fact that keeps tens of thousands of qualified school leavers out…
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…
By WES Staff VIEW WEBINAR ARCHIVE: EDUCATION IN CHINA In the last decade, the number of Chinese students studying abroad has grown exponentially, to the point that most major education-exporting countries now welcome more Chinese students than any other nationality. At the end of 2010,…
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…