Regional East African Ministers Agree on Education Harmonization Law The East African Community’s five member countries approved in November a key bill that would harmonize and standardize their university education systems, after three years of negotiations. Education ministers from the five nations – Burundi, Kenya,…
Regional Foundation to Donate $500 Million Over 10 Years for African Scholarships The MasterCard Foundation announced in September that it will be providing US$500 million over 10 years to help poor students from Africa gain access to secondary and higher education. A majority of the…
Regional Proportion of Migrants with University Degrees Increasing, Recognition Less So The proportion of migrants with university degrees has increased in line with the overall rise in global migration rates – with the most recent migrants to developed countries likely to be the best educated…
Regional Chinese GMAT Test-Taker Numbers Skyrocket Twenty percent of people who took the GMAT last year were from China, according to a new report from the Graduate Management Admission Council, the body responsible for administering the business-school entrance exam globally. The number of Chinese test-takers…
Regional The Decline of the European Business School Chicago’s Booth School of Business returned to the top of The Economist’s full-time MBA rankings. The magazine’s ranking measures the things that MBA students say are important. Top of that list is post-graduation career opportunities, and students rate…