Regional Mobility Scheme Named as a Driving Force Behind Broader Reforms A new report states that the European Union’s flagship higher education mobility and cooperation program has been a driving force behind the remake of European higher education. The report says that the Erasmus program…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional US Students in Middle East Remain a Rarity Despite a continued increase in enrollment in Middle East studies and Arabic-language programs at U.S. universities, the number of American…
Regional Three Caucasus Nations Join European Research Network The South Caucasus nations of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have joined Europe’s largest computer network for research and education. The EU-funded initiative links the countries and connects them to the high bandwidth, pan-European GÉANT network which already…
Regional Universities in French-Speaking Africa Face Increased Overcrowding According to French newspaper Le Monde, in 2005, there were 400,000 students enrolled at universities in the 20 sub-Saharan French-speaking countries of Africa. By 2015, those universities will have to teach two million, leaving questions about how…
Regional U.S Institutions Dominate Webometric Rankings According to the biannual Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, the top 23 universities in the world are all American. First published in 2004, and originally conceived as a way of promoting open access to academic materials online, the Cybermetrics…