Brazil Distance Learning to Remedy Teacher Shortage Problem The Brazilian government plans to launch a massive distance learning campaign this year to redress the problem of teacher shortages and to expand access to education. According to the Ministry of Education, Brazil is currently in need…
Regional Foreign Enrollment in Europe Increases as U.S. Continues Decline Education officials from European countries have been reporting substantial rises in the number of foreign students applying to their institutions of higher education. France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany have seen applications from China, in…
Regional Universal Education Goals Unlikely to be Met The United Nations’ goal of universal primary education by 2015 is unlikely to be reached, a new report concludes. More children are going to school, but many are dropping out before finishing primary education, according to UNESCO….
Belarus Shuttered University Relocates to Lithuania European Humanities University (EHU), which was closed by Belarusian authorities in July (see September/October 2004 issue WENR), has registered a “virtual” educational division in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. The new initiative, called EHU-International, started online classes for an estimated…
Regional Regional Accreditation System a Goal Among Management Schools The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported in August that an association of management schools recently has been established with the goal of instituting a regional quality-evaluation system for management education. The first of its kind in…