Regional Pan-Arab Education Reform At a recent summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a body that links six oil-rich Arab monarchies, Saudi Arabia’s rulers joined in a common pledge to reform religious education across the region. The Shura Council — the Saudi Parliament whose members…
Russia History Texts to Be Re-evaluated Minister of Education Vladimir Filippov announced in January that all history textbooks in Russia will be re-evaluated. According to the new policy, all history textbooks will be selected on competitive grounds and will not include “pseudoliberalism, aimed at misinterpreting…
Regional Alternative Sources of Funding Sought Radical solutions are being sought for the crisis in African universities, including new sources of funding to supplement government efforts. Representatives of sub-Saharan African countries, who met recently in Ghana (see WENR Sept/Oct issue), said state funding no longer…
Central America Sylvan Acquires Central American University Sylvan Learning Systems announced recently it has bought the Universidad Interamericana, which has campuses in Costa Rica and Panama. The purchase marks the company’s first expansion into Central America and will add 5,900 students to its total enrollment….
Australia IDP Predicts Increased Growth International student numbers could increase more than sevenfold to 850,000 by 2025, according to the higher education marketing body IDP Education Australia. A recent cooperation deal with India on student and program exchanges have education professionals predicting that India will…