Foreign Relations minister Andres Navarro met Friday with rectors and vice rectors of 19 universities to explain the scope of the government Program to Regularize Foreigners and the National Human Rights Plan.
During the meeting, held at the Foreign Relations Ministry, Navarro called for the support of the universities for the success of the new migratory policy based on the Constitution of the Republic, national laws and international conventions the Dominican Republic is a signatory of, elnuevodiario.com.do reported. More...

By Lee Page. Universities' internationalisation rankings have limited significance according to new research from the University of Warwick. This is because the way internationalisation is measured only takes into account the quantity of foreign students at each institution and not the extent to which they network with their counterparts from the UK. Thus, there is a strong emphasis on structural aspects of internationalisation and less on social ones. More...

By George Anders. In a country of rigid teaching styles and scarce university slots, students and professors are exploring what online learning can be.
How does a talented Indian teenager like Gaurav Goyal make his mark on the world? Ordinarily, his destiny would have been set on the morning in 2008 when he took his country’s toughest college placement exam: the IIT Joint Entrance Exam. More...

Exchange rate fluctuations are affecting Turkish students' study abroad preferences. With the rising expectation of a possible U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike, currency volatility affects the cost of education abroad. More...

By Dana Sanchez. Yue Chee Yoon of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore says African universities can learn from Singapore.
Yue visited South Africa for the inaugural Africa Universities Summit, under way at the University of Johannesburg.
The summit brought together educators, business people and policy makers to talk about moving Africa’s universities forward and building a shared global legacy. More...

By Niall McCarthy. Studying abroad can prove extremely expensive. Tuition fees vary widely across international universities, as do cost of living expenses. According to HSBC, the United States has the highest average annual fees for international students of any country worldwide – $24,914. Australia isn’t too far behind, with its annual university fees adding up to $24,081. More...