By . If you haven’t been hiding under a rock these last few months, you may have noticed that the US dollar is on a roll. And it’s not just on a roll in Canada, where the price of oil has reduced the value of our own currency; since mid-2014, the US dollar is up over 20% against a trade-weighted basket of currencies. This creates some interesting conundrums and strategy options for pricing international education. More...
The world's current economic crisis is placing serious pressures on distance education. In October 2009, the situation was addressed at an International Summit on Distance Education, held in Beijing. The conference focused on the survival challenges and opportunities currently facing open and distance learning. Professor Baggaley attended the conference as an invited chair and speaker on this topic. More...
The University of Oklahoma has agreed to return a painting that the Nazis stole from a French family during World War II, a lawyer and university officials said last week in announcing a settlement of a drawn-out dispute over the artwork's ownership, writes Daniel C Houston for Associated Press. Read more...
Students have called for a bronze statue adorning a Cambridge college to be returned to Nigeria. It was taken from the country in the 19th century, writes Corey Charlton for MailOnline. Read more...
A few universities from Britain are keen to set up local campuses in Malaysia following their interest in the potential of higher education, reports Bernama. Read more...
Par Aude Bariéty. Après un long bras de fer, l’université d’Oklahoma restituera finalement un tableau de Camille Pissarro à une prestigieuse famille française dépossédée de ses biens par les nazis lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Suite...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It’s auf Wiedersehen, America — with your cost-prohibitive college tuition and suffocating student loan debt — and hello, Germany, and your FREE college education. More...
By Liz Reisberg. The announcement that Cornell is adjusting its admissions policy for international students from need-blind to “need aware” only seems to add to the confusion about who we enroll from abroad and why. Read more...
A U.S. congressman who has held hearings on China’s influence on U.S. universities and academic freedom issues raised by partnerships between American and Chinese universities gave a speech at New York University’s Shanghai campus on Tuesday in which he criticized China’s human rights record. Read more...
One of the few institutions to practice need-blind admissions for applicants from abroad will begin considering the financial need of prospective international undergraduates in admissions decisions. Read more...
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