By JT. Civil Service Bureau (CSB) President Khalaf Hmeisat on Wednesday urged universities and public agencies in charge of higher education to temporarily halt accepting students in disciplines classified as stagnant or oversupplied. More...

By Michael Hassett. In a few weeks, my daughter, an American-Japanese dual national born, raised and mostly educated in Japanese in Japan, will begin her first year of higher learning at her dream school — Middlebury College, one of America’s oldest liberal arts institutes. More...

By Bhawani Negi. UGC has prohibited state and private universities from establishing centres outside their territorial jurisdiction. This will not only mean loss of enrolment for various courses offered by the International Centre for Distance Education and Open Learning (ICDEOL) of the HPU but also leave students harried. More...

By Shadma Malik. The government has ordered closing down of Darul Ihsan University and outer campuses of other private universities operating in the country.  A notification was issued to this effect by the Education Ministry yesterday, ministry PRO Md Saifullah confirmed to the Dhaka Tribune.  The development comes amid reports of current and former students of private universities being involved in terrorism. More...

By Staff Report in Eurasia & World. The international Akare agency recently announced its survey on higher education. According to the analysed data, Kazakhstan was recognised as a country to offer education opportunities for the most affordable prices. It was stated that one year of studies in a Kazakh university will approximately cost $4,500. This amount also includes accommodation, food and additional daily expenditures. More...

By Matthew T. Hora. On a recent visit to the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao to study the skills gap between higher education and the labor market, I had a different translator with me each day. They were mostly female English instructors in their early 30s, and they accompanied me on tours of cavernous manufacturing facilities, boardroom conversations with HR directors and recently hired workers, as well as interviews with college professors and administrators. More...

By Jamie Lee. THE Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Tuesday it has worked with the universities in Singapore to tighten processes to monitor and enforce scholarship bonds, following a report from the Auditor-General's Office Singapore (AGO) that ticked off MOE for a lack of oversight over these bonds. More...

By Carla Bleiker. After the failed coup attempt in Turkey earlier in July, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan established a state of emergency and began cracking down on perceived enemies in all fields of life. In addition to arresting thousands of citizens and military personnel and firing almost 3,000 judges, Erdogan has also begun targeting the academic community in and outside of Turkey. So far he has ordered the closure of more than 1,000 private schools, fired 15,000 education ministry officials and called on almost 1,600 university deans to resign. More...

More overseas students are choosing New Zealand as their study destination.
International student enrolments were up 13% or 14,748 nationwide last year, according to the New Zealand International Education Snapshot. More...

By Fabian Schmidt. German and Turkish universities, as well as various scientific organizations, are closely integrated. Recent purges and restrictions against freedom of research may harm the successful cooperation for years to come. More...