Regional Five Myths About Internationalization in Higher Education In the latest issue of International Higher Education, Jane Knight, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) outlines “Five Myths About Internationalization.” These myths include foreign students as internationalization agents,…
Afghanistan Cross-Border University Linkages Planned with Pakistan Universities in Pakistan and Afghanistan are planning to build partnerships around faculty and student exchanges and distance learning. Talks took place between 15 Afghani professors and Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission in January, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported….
Regional University Mergers in Europe Prompted by Quality Concerns The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that a wave of university mergers happening across Europe in recent years has been driven by concerns over economic competitiveness, research quality, and international reputation. Aalto University in Finland is…
Regional Ministers Agree to Incorporate More Science into Higher Education In January, higher education and science and technology ministers from member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) decided unanimously to make curricula in universities of member states more science-oriented. At the 14th…
Belarus Belarus News reports that Universities in Belarus have announced that they will be raising tuition fees in keeping with a global trend of inflating study costs. The hike was announced by Education Minister Syarhey Maskevich in January. Education costs are rising and it is…