eWENR, November/December 1999: The Americas

Honduras In a landmark decision last week, Hondurasí Supreme Court repealed the law that regulates the amount of tuition and other fees private schools and colleges are allowed to charge per student. The decision was undertaken thanks largely to the efforts of FENIEPH, an organization…

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eWENR, November/December 1999: E. Europe & NIS

Former Yugoslavia International efforts aimed at convincing Serbian professors and students to return to the University of Pristina in Kosovo have not been very successful. The Serbs are far from convinced that K-FOR, the international peacekeeping force currently stationed in Kosovo, would provide them with…

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eWENR, November/December 1999: W. Europe

Cyprus Cypriot students who successfully complete secondary school are eligible to continue their education at three types of institutions: 1) a public, non-university, post-secondary institution; 2) a private, post-secondary institution; 3) the University of Cyprus. Public post-secondary institutions include the Forestry College, the Higher Technical…

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Book Review: The Globalization of Higher Education

by Robert Sedgwick, Editor, eWENR For anyone interested in understanding the profound impact of globalization on mass higher education and vise versa, The Globalization of Higher Education, edited by Peter Scott, is a good place to begin. Indeed, this is the first book to really…

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