Kenya New University Gets Go-Ahead The opening of a new university that will offer diploma-and degree-level courses in health and education was announced in July. Named Aga Khan University, it will be based in Nairobi’s Parklands area. The private university will become Kenya’s 10th, and…
Regional Report Takes Another Look at the MBA In a time when the global business environment is changing and business-school deans find themselves asking how best to reposition MBA programs if they are to survive, a new report focuses on the future of the master’s…
Regional Online Post-MBA Program to Begin in 2003 Athabasca University’s Center for Innovative Management has announced a world partnership for the development and delivery of an online, post-MBA international business program. Joining Canada’s Athabasca University in the program are Deakin University in Australia, Hong Kong…
Regional Forum Pushes Free Educational Resources Free educational resources are critically important for ensuring access to quality higher education in developing countries and full participation of universities in the global arena, said participants of a July forum on the impact of open courseware for higher…
Regional Proposed Bill Seeks to Build Bridges With Muslim World Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind., introduced the bipartisan Cultural Bridges Act of 2002 this spring. The proposed legislation, which is now before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is designed to significantly increase…