Australia Australian and Chinese Institution Open Joint Facility Down Under The new Peking University – Griffith University Research and Learning Center opened this past June. Located on Griffith’s Nathan campus, the collaboration between the Chinese and Australian institutions will focus on academic exchange in the…
Iran International Higher Education Center Planned Iranian education officials have announced plans to develop an “international higher education complex” to be located in a free trade zone in the northeast of the country near the border with Azerbaijan. Supported by sponsors from the private sector,…
Canada Universities Refuse to Aid in the Ranking Process Eleven of Canada’s institutions of higher education have declared that they will not participate in the university rankings process taken on each year by the popular magazine Maclean’s. The universities in opposition to the rankings mailed…
Regional European Higher Education has Positive International Reputation, Generally Speaking The findings of a recent survey conducted by the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA), “Perceptions of European Higher Education in Third Countries,” illustrate that Europe’s higher education offerings are perceived positively around the world, although information…
Regional UN Reports a Huge Global Shortage of Teachers The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, released a report in April projecting a worldwide shortage of 18 million teachers over the next decade, most critically in sub-Saharan Africa and the Arab states. The…