COMING SOON

Grading Scales for Secondary Schools

Education in Romania

During the 24-year reign of Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania’s system of education remained under strict state control. Curricula strongly emphasized Marxist-Leninist ideology, and universities, in particular, came under the direct influence of Ceausescu and his wife, Elena. As a result of the government’s isolationist policies, higher education was virtually cut off from the rest of the world. [Continued]

REGIONAL NEWS

Click below on the region of the country you wish to go.

Grade Inflation in Germany In an article entitled, “Wertlose Traumnoten,” literally “Worthless Dream Grades,” Der Spiegel magazine details the very generous grading policies currently practiced by German professors. In 2001, for example, there was exactly one university psychology graduate out of 3,092 in all of Germany who scored in the lowest grading category of ausreichend (sufficient). [Continued ... Read Full Story in the Europe Section]

FEATURE

International Student Recruitment Since 9/11
Part II: It's a Jungle Out There

by Marjorie S. Smith

Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, university recruiters have had to think long and hard about how we spend our time and money to continue recruiting a bright, diverse, international-student population to our campuses. International education departments at public institutions are currently suffering severe budget cuts that have resulted in slashed travel funds and, in the worst cases, layoffs.[Continued]

Printer-friendly version of this entire WENR issue.

E-mail your comments to the editor.