The College of Saint Rose is excited to announce that President Carolyn J. Stefanco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration with the African Leadership Academy (ALA). Based in South Africa outside Johannesburg, ALA is a two-year pre-university leadership program that seeks to transform Africa by identifying, developing, and connecting the nation’s future leaders in ways that lead to social change. More...
The MIT-Germany Program, a part of the MIT Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), which connects students and faculty members with research and industry partners abroad, recently began a new partnership with the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). FAU, currently celebrating its 275th year, is one of the largest universities in Germany, with strong research programs in engineering and technology. More...
By Maina Waruru. Postgraduate education in Ethiopia has received a massive boost following the recent signing of a US$22.5 million five-year agreement between the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Ethiopia's flagship university aimed at strengthening postgraduate programmes and enhancing local capacity. More...By Michael Gardner. Germany is increasingly being sought as a destination by international students and academics, says a recent report that also shows that the number of German students going abroad remains at a high level. More...By Brendan O'Malley. More can and should be done to uphold the international competitiveness of United Kingdom higher education, according to a new report from Universities UK International (UUKi). More...
The obsession with internationalization had resulted in priority being given to overseas scholars and graduates and has diminished graduates of many top domestic universities to second or third-class status. More...
The sudden rise in nationalism and populism in many countries has implications for higher education. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. Sixty percent of international students in Canada want to apply for permanent residency in the country, according to a nationwide survey of international students conducted by the Canadian Bureau for International Education this spring. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. A credit ratings agency said in a report issued Monday that public universities in Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom “have largely maintained their creditworthiness over the past year,” despite reductions in governmental appropriations relative to total revenues. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. Some U.S. universities are waiving their application fees for Saudi Arabian students in Canada who have been ordered by the Saudi government to leave. The Saudi government ordered its students in Canada to transfer to institutions in other countries after it took offense to statements from Canada’s foreign affairs minister criticizing the kingdom’s arrest of human rights activists. More...
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