Enticing the public with a private plan
Following the spectacular growth of the University of Phoenix, Jon Marcus reports on an increasing enthusiasm in the United States for for-profit higher education. Although for-profit companies have...
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Brits target tough markets abroad
The British Council is targeting new overseas higher education markets in the wake of the Southeast Asian crisis. The council's Education Counselling Service, is spending nearly Pounds 1 million on...
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Buddha's many paths to happiness
Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities
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E-dream will only come true through teamwork
Open and distance learning is the future. David Hardy explains how Europe is overcoming the hurdles Higher education announces revolution more often than it achieves it. This is hardly surprising...
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How to rule the masses
Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia
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Heatwaves, droughts, floods - that is just a hint of what's in store for a hotter planet
Theories of Earth's demise from the BA Festival of Science in Glasgow, September 3-7 Global climate change poses many health challenges for the world. Andy Haines says we are far from understanding...
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Oz gets tough on visa abuse
More than 3,000 foreign students overstayed their visas in Australia last year, raising fears that some students are using their enrolments in education institutions as a means to remain permanently...
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Shrewd in all but sacrifice
Phoenicians
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From jihad to McWorld
International Relations Theory and the Third World - The Rise of Asia - The Politics of International Economic Relations - International Relations - Exploring Contemporary Migration - Globalisation...
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Questions over IT stock launch
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is considering an investigation into possible insider trading by senior academics and council members at the University of Melbourne. The share...
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Taking a look at the border picture
Borders - An Ethnic History of Europe since 1945 - A History of the Balkans
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One aborigine's watering hole is another's breast
The History of Cartography Volume Two, Book Three
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Malaysia crisis may cost UK dear
British universities are predicting multi-million pound drops in fee income as Malaysia's currency crisis takes its toll on overseas student recruitment. International offices in institutions across...
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Costs deter study abroad, says British Council
A fee of Pounds 1,000 is likely to deter British students from spending a period of study abroad, the British Council has warned. Such a change might create an even greater imbalance between the...
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