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Education in Poland

by Robert Sedgwick, Nick Clark and Jennifer Dombkowski

Polish education has been undergoing major restructuring since the early 1990s. The introduction of a market economy has affected the country's system of higher education in particular. [Continued]

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Turkmenistan: New Niazov Decree Attempts to Prevent Overseas Study President Saparmurat Niazov is attempting to prevent students from traveling abroad for their education, out of apparent fear that foreign universities may become a hotbed of Turkmen dissent. A new law preventing students from buying foreign currency was passed Feb. 21, after Turkmen students in Moscow attended a demonstration against Niazov’s rule. The Feb. 19 demonstrations are thought to have provoked Niazov into regarding all Turkmen studying abroad as potential dissenters, and the new exchange restrictions make it all but impossible for them to continue their education. [Continued ... Read Full Story in the Russia and CIS Section]

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International Student Recruitment Since 9/11

by Joseph J. Hindrawan

In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 2001, it was widely anticipated that the international student recruitment effort of U.S. colleges and universities would suffer a grave setback. [Continued]

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