By Kelly Mae Ross. If you want to earn a degree abroad but haven't gotten around to starting your application yet, fear not. There's still time to apply to some undergraduate programs in Europe that start in the fall. More...

By Curt Mills. North Koreans have been working at a war pace for much of the year, as the newest campaigns come just off the "70-day battle" that was needed to prepare for the Workers Party Congress that was held earlier this month. More...

Rund 75.000 Wissenschaftler und Studenten haben im vergangenen Jahr an einer Hochschule im Ausland gelernt und geforscht. Gefördert wurden sie vom Akademischen Austauschdienst. Außerdem wurden rund 51.600 ausländische Akademiker in Deutschland gefördert. Mehr...

By Erik Tate. The representative of the Netherlands Presidency said that higher education plays a crucial role in individual self-fulfilment and societal development. It also has the complicated task of preparing students for a rapidly changing labour market and complex challenges. High quality education and inspiring teaching staff are both crucial. Almost five years after the previous agenda, the time is ripe to take stock of the progress and discuss any new challenges that have since emerged. There will be fresh initiative in the higher education field by the European Commission, she explained, making note of the broad consultation launched earlier this year. In the context of the ongoing consultations the Netherlands Presidency held a conference on this in March. The aim of today’s exchange of views is to take this to the political level and discuss the most pressing issues. More...

By Suherdjoko, Nethy Dharma Somba and Arya Dipa. Senior high school graduates on Tuesday took written tests to get into their preferred state universities in cities across the country, while the education minister threatened to legally prosecute anyone found to engage in misconduct. More...

By Terry Fredrickson. About 2,500 master's graduates of Bangkokthonburi University's Educational Administration programme in 2014 will not be receiving licenses because of alleged irregularities in their programme. More...

By Derek Newton. University rectors are outraged by the draft education budget for next year and the Czech Rectors' Conference (CKR) called on the academic community on Thursday to publicly disagree with this, Tomas Zima, CKR chairman and Charles University rector, has told CTK. More...

By Derek Newton. Selling the dream of a college education is big, profitable business. In 2014, four companies that own and run for-profit colleges collected in excess of $1 billion each. To boost their enrollments and profits, many for-profit schools pioneered modern marketing tactics such as websites that collect information to generate marketing leads, text message follow-ups to inquiries, and phone banks with ambitious “career counselors” ready to help students complete financial-aid requirements and enroll. More...

By Making Sen$e Editor. Each month, the NBER Digest summarizes several recent NBER working papers. These papers have not been peer-reviewed, but are circulated by their authors for comment and discussion. With the NBER’s blessing, Making Sen$e is pleased to feature these summaries regularly on our page. More...

By Todd Maurer. There is little doubt that China’s record $1.7 billion invested in 44 edtech companies last year is helping to provide one of the world’s most dynamic education market with increased access quality learning and spurring a movement toward social impact investing. But in the competitive scramble for gaining market share at high cost and rapid speed—not to mention the rush for early investors to cash out—there are seeds of potential failure. More...