By George Anders. In a country of rigid teaching styles and scarce university slots, students and professors are exploring what online learning can be.
How does a talented Indian teenager like Gaurav Goyal make his mark on the world? Ordinarily, his destiny would have been set on the morning in 2008 when he took his country’s toughest college placement exam: the IIT Joint Entrance Exam. More...
Exchange rate fluctuations are affecting Turkish students' study abroad preferences. With the rising expectation of a possible U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike, currency volatility affects the cost of education abroad. More...
By Dana Sanchez. Yue Chee Yoon of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore says African universities can learn from Singapore.
Yue visited South Africa for the inaugural Africa Universities Summit, under way at the University of Johannesburg.
The summit brought together educators, business people and policy makers to talk about moving Africa’s universities forward and building a shared global legacy. More...
By Niall McCarthy. Studying abroad can prove extremely expensive. Tuition fees vary widely across international universities, as do cost of living expenses. According to HSBC, the United States has the highest average annual fees for international students of any country worldwide – $24,914. Australia isn’t too far behind, with its annual university fees adding up to $24,081. More...
By Philip Kleinfeld. Standing with his arms folded in the drab administration room of the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF), Pete Nguyen cuts a despondent figure. Just two months ago he was busy studying for a masters at St. Patrick's College—a for-profit business school which works with LSBF. More...
By Jörg Luyken. In 2014 the number of foreign students in Germany broke the 300,000 mark for the first time, the study named "Open-minded Academia 2015" showed.
With a total of 301,350 foreign students currently working towards a degree, roughly every tenth student in Germany comes from abroad. More...
By David Newman. During the past five years Israel’s universities have attempted to make up lost ground following a decade of reduced public funding, which brought about a major brain drain.
A great deal of attention has been devoted in recent months Israel’s response to the academic boycott, despite the fact that its real impact on Israeli scientific collaboration with the world is minimal. More...
By Tara García Mathewson. When Moody’s assigns a ‘stable’ rating, it does not expect a change for at least the next year. The outlook upgrade is not a surprise, given the generally positive report about the state of higher education finances released by the firm earlier this month. More...
Die Zahl der ausländischen Studierenden in Deutschland lag 2014 erstmals über 300.000. Das geht aus dem am Mittwoch in Berlin vorgestellten Bericht "Wissenschaft weltoffen 2015" des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD) und des Deutschen Zentrums für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung hervor. Demnach waren im vergangenen Jahr 301.350 Ausländer an deutschen Hochschulen eingeschrieben. Das sind 19.000 mehr als 2013. Deutschland ist damit nach den USA und Großbritannien das beliebteste Gastland. Mehr...
Ausländische Studenten in Deutschland arbeiten genauso wie ihre inländischen Kommilitonen gern nebenbei oder leisten ein Praktikum ab. Personaler müssen auch bei ihnen - wie bei den beschäftigten Studenten und Praktikanten aus dem Inland - die sozialversicherungsrechtlichen Regeln beachten. More...
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