Do Systemic Mobility Constraints Impose Limitations on 100,000 Strong Goals?
Across Latin America, degree recognition failures are common. US HEIs should understand systemic constraints, to help students & recruit more effectively.
‘University of the Desert’ Taking Shape
By Paul Rigg Recently in Madrid the Universities of Leeds; Managua; Berkeley and Pretoria joined forces with over a dozen others in Algeria, Cuba and Spain to support a unique ‘University of the Desert.’ The planned ‘University of Tifariti’ has now – for the first…
Accreditation in Latin America and the Caribbean
This edition of World Education News and Reviews continues our review of the development of accreditation procedures in higher education throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. In this issue the focus is on two Caribbean nations: The Dominican Republic and Cuba. These two countries should…
Accreditation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Cuba
Junta Nacional de Acreditación (JAN) Background In 1976, the Cuban government opened 26 new institutions of higher education and created the Ministry of Higher Education, an administrative body charged with overseeing all of the nation’s tertiary institutions. The development of Cuban higher education had traditionally…