Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Australia Education 4th-Largest Export Industry Foreign students now constitute 18 percent of student enrollments at Australian institutions of higher education, according to a recently issued government report, ”Education Without…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Bahrain New Panel to Oversee Higher Education Authorities in Bahrain have been asked to set up an administrative body to oversee higher education. Due to irregularities in professional conduct, underqualified…
Brazil 9 New Universities Planned Brazil plans to establish nine new universities and expand dozens of other campuses as a way to improve access to higher education in poor, underserved regions of the country. Most of the new colleges will be former isolated colleges that…
Austria Top Court Overturns Austrian University Admissions Rules The admissions process for Austrian universities is in breach of European Union (EU) rules, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided in July. Students who have gained a high school diploma in a member state other than…
Belarus Shuttered University Reopens in Lithuania European Humanities University (EHU), which was shut down by the Belarusian authorities in July 2004 (see September/October 2004 issue of WENR), soon will reopen in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. Already, EHU has approximately 600 students enrolled. It reportedly will…