Regional UN Launches Online University The Global Virtual University (GVU) was launched June 17 with a view to ensuring that developing countries have a hand in the new information and communications technology explosion. GVU will promote an international network of equal-partner universities and institutions delivering…
Regional Accreditations and Acquisitions The Southern Association of Schools has placed Lexington Community College, in Kentucky, on probation over the question of whether it is truly independent of the University of Kentucky. Wood College, a two-year private college in Mississippi that lost its accreditation from…
Regional Universitas 21 Launches Online University Universitas 21 Global, a joint venture between Universitas 21 and Thomson Learning, began operations at the end of May and began its new online MBA on July 28. The US$75 million venture between 17 international universities enrolled 500 students…
Regional GRAZ – Bologna Four Years After: Trends III The European Association of Universities recently released its Trends III report for university representatives attending the Graz Convention of higher-education institutions (HEIs). The report outlines the major findings from questionnaires filled out by 800 higher-education institutions…
Iraq U.S. Schools Given Lead in ‘Modernizing’ Iraqi Higher Education U.S. universities will lead the effort of rebuilding Iraq’s war-torn higher-education sector. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in June asked U.S.-accredited institutions of higher education to submit bids for a US$30 million scheme…