Kuwait's first private university has begun accepting students in preparation for its scheduled opening in September. Gulf University for Science and Technology, an undergraduate institution, will grant bachelor's degrees in science-related fields and business administration.
Sylvan Learning Systems is extending its reach in international higher education to India. The company announced last month that it had put a down payment on a 250-acre site near Hyderabad, in south-central India, where it hopes to develop a university that would eventually enroll about 10,000 students in career-oriented programs.
Although academia is not traditionally known for high salaries, 27 private college presidents earned more than $500,000 last year, a survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education shows.
With their endowments and contributions continuing to shrink in a sagging economy, the nation's private colleges and universities are raising tuition for the next academic year more sharply than in recent years, sometimes significantly so.
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