Regional International Donors Set 7 Nations on Education Fast-Track Representatives of the international donor community agreed recently in Brussels to help seven developing countries in Africa and Latin America make their education plans a reality. Work is now proceeding to build the required capacity and…
Brazil Teaching Hospitals Call State of Emergency Twenty of 45 university teaching hospitals controlled by Brazil’s Education Ministry have declared a state of emergency after cutting essential services in response to mounting debt. — The Times Higher Education Supplement Dec. 13, 2002 Canada Undergraduate Admissions…
Regional Purdue Team Helping Rebuild Afghan Higher Education A Purdue University graduate and two faculty members recently returned from Kabul after participating in ongoing efforts to rebuild higher education in Afghanistan. Graduate student Wasim Anwar, engineering faculty member Ray Eberts and professor of agricultural economics…
Regional Popularity of Study Destinations Shifting A 2002 survey suggests the popularity of the United Kingdom and the United States as study destinations for a number of major markets has fallen sharply over recent years. The findings are the result of a British Council report…
Regional AOU Expands With 3 New Campuses Students from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt will soon be able to study at new regional campuses of Arab Open University (AOU), which begins its second semester in February. Based in Kuwait, AOU opened last October with branches…