Russia University Severs YUKOS Ties Russian State Humanities University in Moscow, one of the country’s top institutions, will sever ties with the YUKOS oil company, which has given the institution more than US$85 million, unless it receives a guarantee of academic independence. The university says…
Germany Program Helps 1,500 Study in Eastern Europe Almost 1,500 German students and graduates are studying in former Soviet and Warsaw Pact countries about to join the European Union under a US$3 million initiative by the German higher education authorities. The program started 18 months…
Armenia School Reforms Under Fire A shakeup of the school system, in which nearly 5,000 Armenian teachers have lost their jobs, has come under criticism from international observers. Many teachers have complained they were sacked merely because their headmaster did not like them. The layoffs…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional Europass Proposal Moves Forward In December, the European Commission presented a proposal to the European Parliament and Council for a single framework on the transparency of qualifications and…
Russia History Texts to Be Re-evaluated Minister of Education Vladimir Filippov announced in January that all history textbooks in Russia will be re-evaluated. According to the new policy, all history textbooks will be selected on competitive grounds and will not include “pseudoliberalism, aimed at misinterpreting…