Russia For the first time, student loans will be made available in Russia. The country’s largest bank has agreed to lend money to students that will cover up to 70 percent of university fees. The loans will be repayable throughout the 10 years after graduation….
China Agricultural distance-learning programs broadcast on radio and television are providing agro-science and technical knowledge to farmers in rural areas. The Central Agricultural & Broadcasting and Television School, the country’s leading provider of these programs, has trained 5.5 million farmers over the past 20 years…
Lebanon Oakland University recently launched an online MBA program for students in Lebanon. It is the first American, online program to be offered in any Arab country. Oakland County in Michigan is home to 179 Fortune 500 companies and also has the largest Lebanese community…
Regional Ministers of education from almost 50 Latin American and European countries convened in Paris last autumn to sign an agreement aimed at establishing common ground on which to foster greater cooperation in the various areas of higher education between the two regions. In an…
Austria Austria’s Ministry of Education recently announced plans to introduce tuition fees for the 2001-02 academic year. University and high school students demonstrated in Vienna and other academic cities to protest the decision. — The Times Higher Education Supplement Oct. 20, 2000 France France has…