WENR, September/October 2004: Europe

Regional Erasmus Mundus Program Begins The first 19 Erasmus Mundus master’s programs were launched this fall with the start of the new semester. Eighty-two European universities in 17 countries are participating in the selected programs. The initial intake of Erasmus Mundus scholarship recipients includes 140…

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WENR, September/October 2004: Middle East

Regional Business Schools Laying the Foundations for New Market Not long ago, one of the few places in the region teaching graduate-level business programs was Egypt’s American University of Cairo. Times are changing, reports Business Week, and enthusiasm for Western-style management education – master’s in…

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WENR, September/October 2004: Russia & The Commonwealth of Independent States

Belarus Authorities Shutter Independent University Belarusian authorities ordered the closure of one of the country’s only privately funded universities, it was reported in late July. European Humanities University (EHU) is the second university to be shuttered in the past year; authorities closed the country’s only…

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WENR, July/August 2004: Africa

Ghana UMES Inks 3 Agreements Three institutions —Golden Beach Hotels, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology — have signed separate memorandums of understanding for linkage agreements with the University of Maryland Eastern Shores (UMES). The UMES/UCC agreement…

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WENR, July/August 2004: Americas

Regional Central American Accreditation Agency Begins Work In the making for more than three years, the Consejo Centroamericano de Acreditación de la Educación Superior (Central American Accreditation Council (CCA) recently began operations to raise the level of higher education to internationally competitive standards through the…

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