Regional Report on International Branch Campuses Issues Warnings and Suggestions A new statement issued by two university groups warns that the growing trend of North American colleges creating branch campuses abroad threatens the quality of higher education at home, while also undercutting the rights of…
Regional Rebuilding a Higher Education System Begins with One University Quality standards within the Russian higher education system have been in freefall since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Between 2006 and 2007, the nation’s flagship university, Moscow State, dropped from…
Regional Working Through Roadblocks to Educational Harmonization in East Africa The East African region has a history of educational cooperation. Until the late 1960s, education in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya was a driving force behind the unification of the three nations of the East African…
Brazil DeVry Buys Education Company DeVry Inc. announced in March that it is buying a 70 percent stake in Fanor, a Brazilian higher-education company with colleges enrolling approximately 10,000 students. DeVry said in a news release that it would pay $23.5 million in cash, and…
Regional Demand for Higher Education Brings Change The recently held Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Preparatory Conference for UNESCO’s 2009 World Conference on Higher Education in Macao, China concluded that the Asian region is facing unprecedented growth in demand for higher education services and countries are looking for…