Austria Austria’s Ministry of Education recently announced plans to introduce tuition fees for the 2001-02 academic year. University and high school students demonstrated in Vienna and other academic cities to protest the decision. — The Times Higher Education Supplement Oct. 20, 2000 France France has…
Russia The Ministry of Education plans to introduce a single, nationwide secondary-school graduate exam and university entrance exam sometime in 2001. In the past, all of the country’s institutions of higher education held their examinations at the same time, which meant students only had one…
Belarus As of this year, the state system of higher education in Belarus is comprised of 42 colleges and universities. There are currently 15 private institutions of higher education. At present 243,700 students (out of a population of 10 million) are enrolled in some kind…
Bulgaria The government is calling for substantial cutbacks in university admissions to bring graduation rates in line with job prospects. At present there are 263,800 students attending institutions of higher education in Bulgaria, a country which has a population of 8.4 million. Although the overall…
Germany The new Higher Education Framework Act that has changed the structure and final degrees of study programs also allows for the introduction of accreditation. Traditionally, German universities and Fachhochschulen (universities of applied sciences) offer programs that last between four to five years leading to…