Azerbaijan State Forces Closure of Private Universities Amid Controversy Independent Azerbaijan University (IAU) and the Baku branch of Moscow-based Law and Management University closed in May after educational authorities decided not to renew their teaching licenses. The closures have sparked student protest, with students at…
Australia Australian and Chinese Institution Open Joint Facility Down Under The new Peking University – Griffith University Research and Learning Center opened this past June. Located on Griffith’s Nathan campus, the collaboration between the Chinese and Australian institutions will focus on academic exchange in the…
Azerbaijan Ministry of Education Deaccredits University Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Education has revoked its recognition of Independent Azerbaijan University. Minister of Education Misir Mammadov told a press conference that the university’s license to operate, which has been expired since 2004, would not be revalidated. The University…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional 3 Asian Universities Team-Up to Offer Joint MBA Korea University, National University of Singapore and Fudan University (China) reached an agreement recently to jointly offer an “Asian-style” MBA…
Armenia New Education Law to Reinvent Struggling Education System The Armenian National Assembly is confident that a wide-reaching education bill will be passed before the start of the school year in September. The new law will introduce a 12-year education system to replace the current…