Iran University Extends Invitation to Bush An Iranian university invited US President George W. Bush to talk on campus, a week after his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was given a frosty reception at New York’s Columbia University. The head of Ferdowsi University in Iran’s second…
Kazakhstan Results of Higher Education Quality Audit Announced The Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science has completed a quality audit of the nation’s institutions of higher education in collaboration with representatives of the National Security Committee and the Prosecutor General’s Office, according to a June…
Angola Chinese Aid Brings Inauguration of 2 New Institutes Sumbe Polytechnic Institute and Waku High Agrarian Institute in the central province of Kwanza-Sul were opened in September. The new institutions will cater to more than 1,000 students each, and have been opened through cooperation between…
Regional International Stakeholders in Higher Education Pen Global Principles for Graduate Education Leaders from higher education institutions and organizations around the world who participated in what they termed as the first global meeting on graduate education have produced a statement outlining nine guiding principles for…
Australia The Costs of Doing Business Overseas A recent article in the Australian newspaper suggests that recruiting overseas comes at a high price, and that Australian universities are spending more than US$53 million a year in offshore-agent commissions to recruit international students in a market…