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Barbara Burn Remembered Dr. Barbara B. Burn, associate provost for international programs at the University of Massachusetts — Amherst, passed away on Feb. 24.  PRACTICAL INFORMATION  India: The Private Sector Emerges in Higher Education by Sonja Bhan The system of higher education in India is one of the largest in the world. In just four years, the number of universities rose from 178 in 1997 to 256 in 2001. Between 1994 and 1999, more than 500 new colleges were established annually. Since India's independence in 1947, student registration in higher education has grown to 29 times the original figure.  REGIONAL NEWS  Click below on the region of the country you wish to go.    Slovakia: New Reforms Reign in University Faculties As Slovakia approaches European Union membership, its government has been taking steps to bring the country's education system in line with the Bologna Process. A new bill was recently passed to only grant tenure after three consecutive five-year appointments. It also ends the legal independence of academic faculties, bringing them under the control of their respective universities. In 1990, reforms were introduced aimed at decentralizing the country's university system, which had been under the tight control of the Communist Party. Laws introduced after the collapse of communism sought to foster academic freedom by freeing faculties from direct university control, making them independent bodies. Each faculty had the power to hire and fire lecturers and to control courses. [Read full story]    FEATURE  Education Professionals Caution About Potential Fallout From Sept. 11 by Robert Sedgwick There has been much hand wringing in the press and on Capitol Hill lately over delays and snags in the plans to reform America's student-visa system. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, politicians and journalists alike have been clamoring for stricter controls to prevent potential terrorists from falling through the cracks and improve national security.