Australia Future Overseas Enrollment Numbers Uncertain with Immigration Rule Changes Far fewer international students in Australia will become permanent residents with changes to the country’s immigration rules; however, enrollments continue to grow. When reality bites and students learn exactly what the immigration rule changes mean…
Regional 2 Million Students Study Abroad Through Erasmus By mid-2009, the European Union’s Erasmus program for mobility and cooperation in higher education had allowed two million students to study outside of their country of residence, the European Commission said in July. The data on Erasmus…
Kuwait Government to Transfers Students Abroad After University De-accreditations According to a report in the Kuwait Times, the Ministry of Education committee looking into the suspension of the accreditation of a number of Indian and Filipino universities has issued a preliminary decision to transfer affected…
Regional Corruption Threatens Central Asia’s Universities Students and families have long denounced widespread corruption in the tertiary education systems of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. This phenomenon has left many deserving – but poor – young people excluded, while also degrading the value of university and…
Regional 20 US-Africa University Partnership Initiatives Launched Awards from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Higher Education for Development (HED) are for only $50,000 each, but they are viewed as the first step in more sustainable long-term partnerships. The 40 paired winners…