Belarus Academic Exchange Program Shuttered The International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) was ordered to close by the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and did so Aug. 6. The IREX program aimed at broadening academic and professional contacts, providing free and unlimited Internet access, and…
Regional Universitas 21 Launches Online University Universitas 21 Global, a joint venture between Universitas 21 and Thomson Learning, began operations at the end of May and began its new online MBA on July 28. The US$75 million venture between 17 international universities enrolled 500 students…
Regional Central Asian Association of Universities to Be Set Up On June 9-11, the second regional seminar on education in Central Asia was held at the International University in Bishkek. Specialists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan discussed problems of employment of university graduates…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional SARS, an IDP Australia report on the impact on the international education market As the SARS virus seems to be coming under control — a June 3 World…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional E-Library Goes Online An e-library, designed to give researchers from former Soviet republics access to electronic journals and databases, is now online. Researchers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,…