Belarus President Nixes Bologna-Style Reforms Legislation that would have introduced a two-tier (bachelor’s and master’s) system was vetoed in late January by President Alaksandr Lukashenka. The two-tier system was “a Western invention,” Lukashenka said. Belarus should build on the “very efficient Soviet system” it had…
Afghanistan Ground Broken on New U.S.-Sponsored University Afghan President Hamid Karzai in March launched the construction of the American University of Afghanistan. The private, liberal arts university is scheduled to open in September 2006 for 1,100 undergraduate students. The language of instruction will be English….
Regional IIM to Operate Business Programs in the Region In an effort to globalize its operations, the Ahmedabad-based Indian Institute of Management (IIM-A) has agreed to collaborate with an Egyptian organization on the development of management studies in the Middle East and North Africa. Under…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Brazil Labor University Opens Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement has opened a university in São Paulo state to train its members. The Escola Nacional Florestan Fernandes in Guararema offers courses…
From The Economist print edition Already a big global business, is higher education poised for take-off? There used to be three near-certainties about higher education. It was supplied on a national basis, mostly to local students. It was government-regulated. And competition and profit were almost…