Czech Republic New Arctic School Offers First Online Course The University of the Arctic, a new network of academic institutions and programs in the Arctic or “circumpolar” North, recently launched its first online course. The class, BCS 100 “Introduction to the Circumpolar World,” is comprised…
Russia Stanford Offers Free Online Courses to Russians Stanford University recently began a series of political science courses open to Russian universities through CD-ROMs and online learning. The series was established to offer Russian students a glimpse of political science as experienced by U.S. students….
France France to Make Postgraduate Diplomas more Practically Oriented France’s National Council for Higher Education and Research (CNESER) has adopted two reform measures aimed at complying with the Bologna Declaration. One of the new decrees will introduce a postgraduate Mastaire, while the second is geared…
Georgia Shevardnadze Quells Student Protest President Eduard Shevardnadze met with students on the campus of Tbilisi State University in a last-ditch attempt to quell the recent wave of anti-government demonstrations, which threaten his administration. The meeting concluded with Shevardnadze promising to set up a student…
Romania Scoala Postliceala Sanitara Craiova a Recognized Nursing School The Romanian government recognizes all diplomas from the Scoala Postliceala Sanitara Craiova, an accredited state institution of allied-health education. This is a one-year supplementary program; admission requires a recognized diploma de bacalauret. In Romania, training courses…