Regional Policymakers Call for Increased Caribbean Cooperation in Education During a two-day Caribbean higher-education conference, policymakers, educators and experts discussed higher education in the Caribbean region. The April meeting, organized by the Surinam government, the Organization of American States and Unesco, opened with a request…
Regional Free Online Course Materials Multiply Across the Globe The Massachusetts Institute of Technology began the revolution in 2000 when it established its OpenCourseWare program through which many of the institution’s courses and materials were made freely available online. Today, schools — including top names…
Canada Quebec Extends Foreign Students the Fast Lane to Citizenship In a bid to attract foreign students to its colleges and universities, the province of Quebec is offering up fast-tracked citizenship to students who might otherwise be tempted to study in Australia, Britain, or the…
Regional WES Officially Recognized as a Recipient of Verified Chinese Degrees for the U.S. and Canada World Education Services, Inc. (WES) has officially signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC), the authorized agent responsible for verifying…
Regional Latin American and Caribbean Nations Sign Diploma-recognition Agreement An agreement concerning the mutual recognition of higher education degrees and diplomas in the member countries of the Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas – ALBA (Bolivarian alternative for Latin America and the Caribbean) was reached in…