Regional Rebuilding a Higher Education System Begins with One University Quality standards within the Russian higher education system have been in freefall since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Between 2006 and 2007, the nation’s flagship university, Moscow State, dropped from…
Regional Demand for Higher Education Brings Change The recently held Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Preparatory Conference for UNESCO’s 2009 World Conference on Higher Education in Macao, China concluded that the Asian region is facing unprecedented growth in demand for higher education services and countries are looking for…
Regional Three Caucasus Nations Join European Research Network The South Caucasus nations of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have joined Europe’s largest computer network for research and education. The EU-funded initiative links the countries and connects them to the high bandwidth, pan-European GÉANT network which already…
Australia Some Say Overseas Tuition Revenue in Danger of Drying Up Australian and British universities are in danger of facing a major funding deficit as an increasingly competitive global market in higher education drives down income from international students. Or, at least, this is the…
Russia Government to Screen Ethnic Minorities Entering University According to a recent report in Izvestiya, encounters between students of various nationalities are becoming ever more frequent and violent in Russia, and the government has decided to expel those involved while screening those applying to study…