Regional Latin Americans Rate Their Education Systems Highly Despite Contrary International Comparisons According to the findings of a new survey, Latin Americans are much happier with their countries’ public education systems than people in other regions that score much better in international student achievement tests…
Australia Universities Predict Major Growth in Enrollments among Foreign Students Australian universities are predicting a surge in foreign-student enrollments, with some institutions fearing they may struggle to accommodate the influx. The Australian National University and the University of Canberra are among those to have voiced…
Regional European Universities Twice as Likely as US Universities to Offer International Joint Degrees According to the findings of a new report, “Joint and Double Degree Programs in the Transatlantic Context,” European institutions of higher education are approximately twice as likely as U.S. institutions to…
Iran Government Plans to Allow Foreign Universities The Iranian government is planning to allow foreign universities to establish branch campuses in the country, an official has revealed. Arsalan Qorbani, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology, said that a committee has been formed to…
Russia University Sector in Need of Major Reform Says Rector The rector of one of Russia’s top universities has called for sweeping reform of the country’s system of higher education. Speaking at a recent conference, Yaroslav Kuzminov said that the recent unrestricted growth of tertiary…