Yoko Kono 2011 was a year in which historic pro-democracy movements swept across the Arab World. It remains to be seen if demands for democratic reform will be met and how those reforms might impact higher education, but are there any indications that the instability…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews VIEW WEBINAR ARCHIVE: EDUCATION IN BRAZIL When the government of a booming economy announces that it will fund overseas study for 75,000 talented students, potential host nations with economies in recession take note. Such is the…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews Recent cuts in state support for higher education by a majority of state legislatures around the nation are forcing university leaders to make tough choices in balancing their budgets, and on the revenue side this means…
Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews Indian students in the United States have historically had a strong preference for graduate-level study, with masters and doctoral students typically outnumbering their undergraduate peers by roughly five to one. In 2009/10, undergraduate students constituted just 14.5…
By Rahul Choudaha, Director of Development and Innovation, and Kata Orosz, Research Intern, WES With more than 100,000 Indian students enrolled in the United States, as compared to 43,000 in Europe1, the country commands strong brand equity among Indian students (earlier article on US-India academic…