By Tim Goral. Despite a woeful lack of state support, the Community College System of New Hampshire has worked miracles by learning to make do with very little. Doing that requires dedicated, inventive employees willing to go the extra mile despite low pay and inspiring leadership. More...
Time to set the colleges free
By Tim Goral. The governor, legislature, Board of Regents, and Nevada System of Higher Education deserve to be commended for working to improve education in Nevada during the 2015 legislative session. More...
State of successions
By Will Austin. As we implement the work of the 21st-Century Initiative, recognize the leadership crisis and address increasing public accountability, leadership training will become increasingly important as the number of potential nextgeneration leaders continues to diminish. More...
‘More’ revelation: Ukrainian universities ready to admit 20,000 Nigerian students
By Caleb Ajinomoh. Secondary school leavers and university graduates who wish to study in selected countries in Europe have been rest assured of being accepted at their universities of choice and of procuring the requisite travel documents with relative ease.
Mr. Maksym Tsygankov, a top Ukrainian education expert and sales/marketing director of More Educational Services Ltd made the announcement at a press conference/workshop organized recently to formally unveil the platform at the mini hall of Cata apartment hotels, Ajao Estate, Lagos. More...
Russia establishes new international student association
By Alexander Chernykh. The World Foreign University Student Association will unite graduates of Soviet and Russian universities.
A new global student association has been established in Russia with the aim of uniting several million people who graduated from Soviet and Russian universities. More...
Evaluate Career Help Before Applying to U.S. Colleges
By John Wilkerson. "Learning by doing" is an idea that many college students in the U.S. have become familiar with. It has long been a hallmark of U.S. higher education, and it calls on students to not only learn the theories and techniques associated with a particular field of study, but to put that knowledge to work. More...
Work on Campus as an International Student
By Jiongcheng “Arthur” Xu. It is a very exciting experience to work in a foreign country as an international student. I've worked three different on-campus positions so far, and I feel that experience has changed and helped me a lot. With that in mind, I wanted to share some tips to help international students understand what working on campus is like – and how to make it a successful experience. More...
Only 0.56 percent disabled students in higher education: Survey
Only 0.56 percent of students with disabilities are pursuing higher education in the country, a survey has revealed.
The percentage of people with disabilities employed in the public sector is around 1 percent and in the private sector the figure is around 0.5 percent, National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) survey data on employment over the past two decades shows. More...
Poor state of Arab universities
By Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg. In a new evaluation of 1,000 universities worldwide published in Jeddah last week, Arab schools performed poorly.
None were among the top 500 and most Arab countries did not make it to the list at all, including those previously known for quality education, such as Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria. Only 10 universities from four Arab countries made it to the list, albeit in very low positions. Puzzling, considering their long history of higher education and the attention many Arab governments and families place on higher education. More...
Foreign degree seekers hit record number
By Binod Ghimire. The number of Nepalis seeking to study abroad set a record last fiscal year as the figures increased nearly three-fold over a four-year period.
According to the Department of Scholarship under the Ministry of Education, 30,696 students acquired the No Objection Certification (NOC) letter, which is a must for Nepalis to get enrolment in academic institutions except in India. More...