By Antonella Parolini and Cindy Platek, Credential Evaluators, World Education Services What are offshore medical schools? Offshore medical schools are medical institutions outside the United States that mainly cater to international medical students, most of them U.S. or Canadian citizens. These schools tend to attract…
By Kanika Tandon ACCESS OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN INDIAThe much-talked about Yashpal Committee report on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education released in June, 2009, comes as a boon to India’s ailing higher education sector. Its key recommendations – having one regulating body…
By Bie Dunrong, Huazhong University of Science and Technology The Asian region is now going through a period of rapid and far-reaching economic and social changes, driven particularly by the impact of accelerating globalization, increased economic modernization, and transition toward a knowledge-based society. Higher education…
Introduction Responding to huge growth in demand for tertiary-level studies across Central America in recent decades, universities and colleges have been opening in ever increasing numbers. The response has mainly come from the private sector, however, and has occurred with very little regulatory oversight. Traditionally,…
By Sharon Powell, WES Coordinator of Resources Development The collapse of the Soviet Union had a profound impact on the education systems of Central Asia. Drastic cuts in funding; the cessation of directives and guidance from Moscow; the repatriation of Russian administrators back to Russia;…