NAAC and the Next Decade of Indian Quality Assurance

By Jagannath Patil, Deputy Adviser, National Assessment and Accreditation Council The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), India’s premier higher education quality assurance agency, today stands at a crossroads after 11 years assessing quality standards in Indian higher education. As an autonomous body established by…

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WENR, Feb. 2006: Europe

Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional EU Makes Plans to Retain Top Researchers European Union leaders are taking steps to create a European Institute of Technology to compete with similar institutions in North America…

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The Changing Face of International Credential Evaluation

By Alyson Arnold, Manager of Education and Training How WES Workshops Help Keep You on Top of a Dynamic Process Colleges and universities in the United States are today hosting over 500,000 students from countries all over the world. Because students arrive from such a…

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Education in India

Nick Clark, Editor, WENR Editor’s note: An updated profile of education in India appeared in the September 2018 edition of WENR. You can access it online by clicking here. Introduction The Indian system of education has its roots in the system inherited from the British…

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WENR, Feb. 2006: Africa

Regional Continent Falling Short of Education Goals African Education Ministers met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January to evaluate the First Decade of the UNESCO sponsored Education For All (EFA) program. The gathered ministers estimated the number of African children currently denied school to be…

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