Russia Supplemental Science Research Funding Promised to Universities Despite increased funding in recent years, Russian science has not yet recovered from a near collapse in the 1990s and the consequent exodus of thousands of researchers to the West, according to a recent article in Nature…
Regional Study: Indian, Vietnamese Students Enamored with US as a Study Destination The Institute of International Education released two papers in February looking at how students from India and Vietnam select and perceive destinations for studying abroad. Among the Indian students surveyed, 91 percent listed…
Regional CIS Countries Sign Cooperation Agreement with Norway A new program for cooperation between higher education institutions in Norway, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia will be launched this spring. The initiative is aimed at contributing to the renewal and internationalization of higher…
Regional Standardized Credits in the Far East Japan announced plans in March to standardize student-evaluation methods with universities in China and South Korea, in a possible first step toward a pan-Asian student-exchange program. Japan’s ministry of education says the plan will make it easier for…
Russia Research Output Drops Off the Charts According to a recent report, Russia is no longer even close to being a world leader in science research. The Global Research Report on Russia, by Thomson Reuters, reveals that the country’s annual research output has fallen from…