By Sue Le-Ba, Research and Policy Analyst, WES Canada Introduction According to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), there were 2.7 million international students worldwide in 2004 compared to 1.75 million just five years earlier – a 41% increase since 1999 (OECD, Education…
By Jane Knight SICA and CAT are new tools that have been developed to help create a common academic credit system and a “community of higher education” in Latin America. SICA stands for Sistema de Creditos Academicos (System for Academic Credits) and CAT is an…
By Sharon Powell, WES Coordinator of Resources Development The collapse of the Soviet Union had a profound impact on the education systems of Central Asia. Drastic cuts in funding; the cessation of directives and guidance from Moscow; the repatriation of Russian administrators back to Russia;…
By Michelle Pollock, WES Project Coordinator, Middle East As students from the Middle East travel to the United States to enhance person-to-person diplomacy through educational exchange, American universities are in turn moving east to develop academic ties and establish branch campuses in the Arabian Gulf….
The European higher education reform process is having an impact way beyond its borders. In June 1999, ministers of education from 29 countries gathered in Bologna, the birthplace of Europe’s oldest university, to sign a declaration aimed at harmonizing degree structures and quality assurance procedures…