Regional The Rise of Asian Research Output Researchers and scientists in many Asian nations are translating huge national investments in research and development into big gains in research output, reports the New York Times. According to the Thomson Reuters National Science Indicators, which tracks the…
Regional 20% of International Students Stay on in OECD Countries After Graduation According to a new study from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a growing number of international students are staying put in the country where they received higher training – enticed…
Regional Rapidly Increasing Interest in the Arab Region Among U.S. Students Mobile American college students are increasingly choosing to spend their year abroad in countries of the Middle East such as Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. According to a February 2010…
Kyrgyzstan University Serving Minority-Uzbek Community Closed The private Friendship of the Peoples University in the southern Kyrgyz city of Jalal-Abad was closed in August, according to a report from RFE/RL. A Kyrgyz Education and Science Ministry spokeswoman told RFE/RL that the ministry decided to revoke…
Regional Sub-Saharan Governance Institute Launched A new institute aimed at improving and modernizing the governance and management of Sub-Saharan universities was officially inaugurated in Yaoundé, Cameroon in June. The Pan-African Institute of University Governance, first announced at last year’s Unesco World Conference on Higher Education,…