Regional Soros Scholarships for Gypsies Financier George Soros announced a new program to offer university scholarships to Roma people, also known as gypsies, in seven Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia and Serbia. Although most of the money for the…
Regional New Online Program to be Launched In an effort to combat the scarcity of current academic journals in African universities, administrators in 10 East African schools and four institutions in northern Europe are ready to launch an online program to facilitate the exchange of…
Cuba Cuban Medical Scholarship Program Stirs Debate by Luke Reynolds, Staff Writer, WENR In a late-night meeting in May 2000, Cuban President Fidel Castro extended an offer to U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., which promised to provide free medical education to 500 students from…
Australia Monash University in Melbourne is ready to open its South African campus at Roodeport, the first foreign institution to do so in South Africa. The university plans to offer undergraduate degrees in the arts, business and commerce, information technology, computing and business systems. Officials…
Regional Commission Adopts Technology Plan The European Commission has adopted a US$13.3 billion plan to improve information technology skills and promote online education throughout the European Union. The “eLearning Action Plan” outlines a three-year program to build up appropriate technological infrastructures at all European universities,…