Regional Engineering Goes Global Old Dominion University, in conjunction with eight universities from Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland, recently created a master’s degree program in global engineering. This program allows students to spend one semester at Old Dominion in Virginia…
Afghanistan Afghan University Struggles in Pakistan The Afghan University situated in Peshawar, Pakistan remains a symbol of hope for the more than 2.5 million refugees who reside there. The faculty is mostly comprised of academics who could not teach freely in Afghanistan under the Taliban…
Romania Scoala Postliceala Sanitara Craiova a Recognized Nursing School The Romanian government recognizes all diplomas from the Scoala Postliceala Sanitara Craiova, an accredited state institution of allied-health education. This is a one-year supplementary program; admission requires a recognized diploma de bacalauret. In Romania, training courses…
Egypt School Curriculum under Reform Efforts are once again under way to reform the national school curriculum in Egypt. Under the leadership of the National Center for Curriculum and Instructional Materials Development, primary and preparatory texts have been revised, and secondary texts are now undergoing…
Russia Islam on the Rise The Russian Islamic University, founded in 1998, currently enrolls 148 students from both Russia and neighboring countries. The growing demand for Islamic education in the region appears to be a by-product of the lifting of religious constraints following the fall…