Regional University Rankers Ranked; North America Fares Poorly Researchers from the University of North Carolina concluded in a recent study that popular U.S. and Canadian university ranking guides are of an inferior quality to their European and Australian counterparts. The study, which appeared in the…
Brazil 9 New Universities Planned Brazil plans to establish nine new universities and expand dozens of other campuses as a way to improve access to higher education in poor, underserved regions of the country. Most of the new colleges will be former isolated colleges that…
Regional Online Initiative Widens Access to Quality Mathematics Courses Shared goals for improving student performance in mathematics have led to a groundbreaking agreement announced in July between Corporacion Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet (CUDI), a Mexico City-based educational nonprofit representing more than 70 Mexican…
Regional Caribbean Examinations Council Introduces Associate Degrees The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) announced in March that it will begin awarding associate degrees and certificates in the Caribbean member countries that it serves. The Council will award associate degrees in nine areas: business studies, computer science,…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Brazil Labor University Opens Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement has opened a university in São Paulo state to train its members. The Escola Nacional Florestan Fernandes in Guararema offers courses…