Regional Even More Branch Campuses The Observatory on International Education, a U.K.-based research organization, released an addendum to its annual report from January, ‘International Branch Campuses: Data and Developments,’ adding to a list of 37 planned campuses that it had identified. Most of these campuses…
Algeria Reforms Aim at Raising University Standards The Algerian government is planning on spending US$1.48 billion on higher education and science over the next five years and to double research spending to 1 percent of gross domestic product as it seeks to raise university standards….
Brazil U.S. For-Profit Acquires Fourth Brazil Campus DeVry Inc., a global provider of educational services, announced in February that it had entered into a binding agreement to acquire Faculdade Boa Viagem (FBV), a three-campus private institution in the northeastern city of Recife. The acquisition is…
Regional Asian Investment in Science & Technology Continues to Outpace Rest of World The United States remains the global leader in supporting science and technology (S&T), but only by a small margin versus the 10 biggest spenders in Asia, according to indicators recently released in…
Regional European Business Students Eschewing U.S. Schools for Those Closer to Home The number of business schools is multiplying annually, and those in the United States have been seeing their market share slip in recent years. In 2011 that trend continued with a growing number…