Kazakhstan Results of Higher Education Quality Audit Announced The Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science has completed a quality audit of the nation’s institutions of higher education in collaboration with representatives of the National Security Committee and the Prosecutor General’s Office, according to a June…
Australia The Costs of Doing Business Overseas A recent article in the Australian newspaper suggests that recruiting overseas comes at a high price, and that Australian universities are spending more than US$53 million a year in offshore-agent commissions to recruit international students in a market…
Kazakhstan Higher Education and Science Cooperation Agreement Signed with Jordan Jordan and Kazakhstan have agreed to cooperate in science, technology and innovation as well as higher education. This agreement was announced during the two-day visit in August of Jordan’s King Abdullah II to Astana, the…
Australia Overseas Study: All Take and no Give Compared to the legions of foreign students who study at Australian institutions of education, relatively few Australian students choose to study abroad, which has led to charges that Australian universities are more interested in export dollars than…
Australia After Collapse of Singapore Campus, Australian Universities Head for the Exits The Australian newspaper reports that Australian universities are taking leave of offshore teaching operations en masse in the face of debt and fear of reputational damage. Universities in June confirmed the closure of…