Regional South America to Engage with the Arab World with Development of Technology University Twelve South American nations and 22 Arab countries have agreed to increase the level of higher-education and technology cooperation between the two regions by creating an Arab-South American technology university. Joint…
Brazil DeVry Buys Education Company DeVry Inc. announced in March that it is buying a 70 percent stake in Fanor, a Brazilian higher-education company with colleges enrolling approximately 10,000 students. DeVry said in a news release that it would pay $23.5 million in cash, and…
Regional U.S Institutions Dominate Webometric Rankings According to the biannual Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, the top 23 universities in the world are all American. First published in 2004, and originally conceived as a way of promoting open access to academic materials online, the Cybermetrics…
Regional Latin Americans Rate Their Education Systems Highly Despite Contrary International Comparisons According to the findings of a new survey, Latin Americans are much happier with their countries’ public education systems than people in other regions that score much better in international student achievement tests…
Canada University Group Condemns Private University A private university, awarded degree-granting status by the government of British Columbia (B.C.) three years ago, is a failed experiment that should be terminated before causing the province “further embarrassment,” says a group that represents B. C.’s public university…