Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Bahrain Kingdom to Establish “Higher Education City” The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) announced in December that it has reached a financing agreement with Kuwaiti investors to establish a…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional Widespread Change in European Higher Ed Major reforms are occurring in the higher education systems of numerous European countries. Tuition is being introduced for the first time at…
Regional Africa Lacks Institutions of Higher Education One of the hottest issues of debate at the Commonwealth Education Ministers Conference in Cape Town, South Africa this past December was the lack of higher education institutions serving African students. More Africans than ever before are pursuing…
Regional Ministers from New Bologna Signatories Prepare for London Summit The Ministers of Education from Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, and Ukraine met informally this past December to discuss higher education reforms related to the Bologna Process being implemented in their respective nations. The officials recommitted to…
Regional High-Level US Delegation Tours Asia to Promote US Education Led by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, a delegation of 12 U.S. college presidents toured Asia for seven days in November to discourage lingering perceptions that the United States has become unwelcoming of foreign students…