Regional European Business Schools Enjoy International Recruiting Success A growing number of Americans are pursuing management degrees abroad, while ever more business students are traveling abroad from other countries, and European business schools are one of the main beneficiaries of the trend, reports the Chronicle…
Iran Hardliners Move to Bring Down Moderate, Private University Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is moving against Islamic Azad University, the country’s largest private university and a center of moderate thought, the Associated Press has reported. The ayatollah issued a decree in October declaring…
Kyrgyzstan Universities Closed for Elections, Academic Year Starts Late Institutions of higher education in the southern part of Kyrgyzstan, scene of ethnic violence earlier this year, remained closed in the lead up to the October 18 elections, delaying the start of the academic year until…
Regional US Government Expands Program to Develop African Higher Education The US federal government and leading college groups in September announced the strengthening of a program aimed at increasing American higher education’s role in helping African universities address roadblocks to economic development on their continent….
Brazil Brazilian President Calls for Greater Regional Integration at Founding of New Regional University Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in September called for the acceleration of Latin American integration plans when giving the first lecture at the newly-founded Federal University for Latin American…