Australia Universities Predict Major Growth in Enrollments among Foreign Students Australian universities are predicting a surge in foreign-student enrollments, with some institutions fearing they may struggle to accommodate the influx. The Australian National University and the University of Canberra are among those to have voiced…
Russia University Sector in Need of Major Reform Says Rector The rector of one of Russia’s top universities has called for sweeping reform of the country’s system of higher education. Speaking at a recent conference, Yaroslav Kuzminov said that the recent unrestricted growth of tertiary…
Regional An Asian Bologna Eleven nations in Southeast Asia will attempt to harmonize their education systems within seven years, according to a communiqué from a November meeting of Southeast Asian Ministers of Education. The ambitious plan would see 6,500 higher education institutions find compatibility across…
Kazakhstan US Academic Held on Money Smuggling Charges Victor A. Skormin, a professor of electrical engineering at the State University of New York at Binghamton, was held in detention at an airport and waited weeks for a court hearing on charges that he attempted to…
Australia Vocational Sector Sees Big Growth in International Enrollments Australia’s international education market has been buoyed by recent data showing that vocational education and training programs enjoyed growth of 44 percent over the previous year, according to July 2008 statistics released by the government in…