Australia Increased Scrutiny of Offshore Programs Causing Concern As some overseas authorities move to tighten requirements for foreign providers, the Australian government is facing increasing pressure to guarantee the quality of courses offered by Australian institutions overseas. But universities, some of which already have been…
Regional Erasmus Mundus Hoped to Rival Fullbright The European Commission (EC) is considering a huge expansion of its Erasmus Mundus student-exchange program in a bid to make the 230 million euro (US$276.6 million) initiative competitive with the Fulbright program by the end of its first…
Iraq Little Progress Reported in Rebuilding of Academic Infrastructure The senior U.S. official responsible for the distribution of education-related grants and the rebuilding of Iraq’s system of higher education said in May the United States has done little to repair damaged institutions, and has provided…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional Regional Mountain University Inaugurated The University of Central Asia (see WENR Sept/Oct 2002), high in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan, will be the first university specifically for mountain…
Regional AVU Plans Expansion African Virtual University is expanding the sphere and content of its operations to students in 22 of the continent’s countries as part of a four-year partnership with Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University to deliver computer-science degrees and diplomas. Working…