Regional UNESCO: Raise Tuition Fees, Expand Private Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa New enrollments at sub-Saharan institutions of higher education in Africa grew by 82 percent in the eight years to 2008, to more than 4.5 million students. But with demand soaring at all levels of…
Regional European Universities and Latin American Universities to Cooperate Under New Program A consortium of 24 national and international university associations launched a project to boost regional and cross-continental cooperation in higher education in May. The three-year $3.5 million project, Alfa Puentes, is funded by…
Regional Chinese and Korean Universities Score Well in Regional Ranking Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in May published its Asian University Rankings, with results suggesting that Chinese and Korean universities are improving versus their Japanese counterparts. The ranking uses a different methodology to QS’s World University Rankings….
Regional Group Announces Rules on the ‘Approval’ of University Rankings New rules for evaluating how university rankings are conducted were announced recently in Paris at the Unesco Global Forum, “Rankings and Accountability in Higher Education: Uses and Misuses.” The new Ranking Audit Rules were adopted…
Regional G8 to Promote Investment in Arab Education Leaders of the G8 nations renewed their commitment to promoting investment in innovation and higher education, and supporting university-industry partnerships across the Middle East and North Africa at a recent meeting in June. The G8 declared that…