Regional World-Class Universities Join Forces Eight of the world’s top 20 universities have formed a global partnership that will allow their students to undertake joint degrees at any one of the universities, which span seven countries. Students studying for a semester or longer at a…
Bahrain NYIT Builds on Success in Middle East After opening its first campus in the Middle East in 2003 with an initial enrollment of 17 students, the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) has already outgrown its campus and has announced plans to establish a…
Regional Online Initiative Widens Access to Quality Mathematics Courses Shared goals for improving student performance in mathematics have led to a groundbreaking agreement announced in July between Corporacion Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet (CUDI), a Mexico City-based educational nonprofit representing more than 70 Mexican…
Regional G8 Leaders Pay Lip Service to Science, Technology Following the conclusions of British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa (see March/April 2005 issue of WENR), which argues that specific action to strengthen science, engineering and technology capacity is “an imperative for Africa,” a…
Regional Bologna Trends Report IV Released The European University Association (EUA) released its fourth Trends report prior to the recent summit of education ministers in Bergen, Norway. The reports are designed to offer a progress update of changes to the European higher-education landscape since the…