By Sara Custer. Crossing Borders Education has produced a trilogy of films documenting students on their journey of overseas study and intercultural experiences. Its founder and director, Arnd Wächter, talks to The PIE about the urgency to tackle tough topics of race and diversity on campus, particularly for students who don’t study abroad. More...
By Sara Custer. The outlook for the already booming international schools sector remains bullish as ISC Research forecasts that by 2026, the K-12 international school market will almost double, reaching 16,000 schools teaching 8.75 million students generating $89bn globally. More...
By Kelsey Munro. At Wollongong University's booming Dubai campus, thousands of students from scores of countries are studying – in English – for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in business, finance, IT, engineering and media. Operating as an accredited university for just 16 years, UOWD is billed as one of the United Arab Emirates' "oldest and most prestigious universities" – a small sign of the pace of change in the area of transnational education – and of the market value of an Australian degree. Read more...
There are more Indonesian students attending colleges and universities in the US now than at any time in the last ten years, according the International Institute of Education (IIE), a non-profit organization that tries to improve access to international education for students worldwide. More...
By Joanna Hughes. Leaders from top academic institutions in China and Russia came together last month in Moscow with a singular agenda: to boost cooperation in the fields of science and education at universities in both countries, according to a press release from host university Lomonosov Moscow State University. Here’s a rundown of the summit, along with what we can expect to see moving forward. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Students may no longer apply to the Master’s International program with ties to the Peace Corps on any campus, The Keene Sentinelreported. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. The U.S. State Department, citing the current unrest in Turkey, has suspended the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program, which sends Americans to teach English in Turkey, The New York Times reported. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. A scam may have cost 90 Chinese students at the University of Washington up to $1 million, The Seattle Times reported. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. ABC News and The Sydney Morning Herald are reporting that armed gunmen on Sunday abducted two professors who teach at the American University of Afghanistan. Read more...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies, 2016/07/15
This appears to be a prospectus (11 page PDF) for Bridge International Academies, a global education company specializing in offering low-cost learning to impoverished children. More...
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