Canada Education Company Buys Community College with China Ties CIBT Education Group, a Canadian education company that currently manages 17 institutions of higher education in China, has bought Sprott-Shaw Community College in Vancouver, British Columbia, which has plans to export many of its 140 vocational…
Afghanistan Government Attempts to Bring Madrassas into State System The BBC reported in January that the Afghan government is trying to bring religious schools, known as madrassas and synonymous with inspiring a generation of Taliban fundamentalists, into the fold of the state education system rather…
Denmark New Accreditation Body Established The Danish government has established a new Accreditation body, called ACE Denmark, which will review quality standards at the country’s institutions of higher education. Approvals will depend on whether programs meet certain quality standards and if they have relevance to…
Regional Australia Gaining Appeal vs. US for Arab Students Facing increased scrutiny from immigration authorities in the United States, a generation of Arab men who once attended college in the United States, and returned home to become leaders in the Middle East, increasingly is sending…
Regional New Central Asian University Looking to Break with Past The sparsely populated mountainous regions of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan will soon play host to an ambitious three-campus university being built with funding from the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim community….