Burkina Faso Education Goals In an interview with UNESCO’s Education Today Newsletter, Minister of Secondary Education and Scientific Research Laya Sawadogo cites some figures to highlight what he believes to be the most pressing educational challenges facing his country: 42 percent of children are in…
Regional San Diego State Launches Tri-Nation Degree Program San Diego State University (SDSU) announced in February the launch of TransAmerica, the first transnational, triple-degree program partnering the United States with two Latin American countries, Chile and Mexico. TransAmerica is one of only two international, triple-degree…
Afghanistan Fraud Forces Government to Toss Exam Results In February, the Afghan government invalidated the results of university-entrance examinations for more than 6,000 students in Kabul and surrounding provinces after evidence turned up of leaked answer keys. More than 30,000 Afghan students sat for the…
Germany Program Helps 1,500 Study in Eastern Europe Almost 1,500 German students and graduates are studying in former Soviet and Warsaw Pact countries about to join the European Union under a US$3 million initiative by the German higher education authorities. The program started 18 months…
Iran IMF: ‘Brain Drain’ Costly The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded, after surveying more than 60 countries, that Iran has the highest rate of “brain drain” among 61 developing and less developed countries. The IMF says more than 150,000 educated Iranians leave their home…