Russia U.S.-Russian Academic Collaboration Gathers Steam In April, several Russian university presidents said that the current closer relationship with the United States was helping them build stronger ties to American higher education, with a focus on expanding research collaboration and embracing something close to an…
Regional US Mission to Vietnam, Indonesia Looks to Build Educational Ties In early April, a US trade mission conducted a weeklong trip to two of the fastest-growing markets in Asia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Led by the US Department of Commerce’s Under Secretary for International Trade…
Regional Bologna Doesn’t Work for Post-Soviet Countries The Bologna process is not suited for the shared history of post-communist states and their socialist legacies, argues Arevik Ohabyan in the current issue of International Higher Education. In “The Bologna Declaration: An explanation,” prepared by the Confederation…
Regional Internationally Mobile Student Numbers Continue to Rise The number of international students around the world is continuing to rise sharply, with provisional figures from Unesco’s Institute for Statistics showing an annual increase of 12 percent. The final figures for 2009, to be published in…
Belarus Academics and Students Call for Reform Leading Belarusian academics have made urgent calls for reform of higher education in the country amid international concern about the treatment of students and scholars who opposed the recent re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko. Mr Lukashenko has been…