It has been a busy time for the education sector in the Brazilian stock market. In less than a week, two large groups of private universities have filed for initial public offerings, or IPOs, which together could raise as much as R$1.6 billion (US$740 million). This year, three mergers and acquisitions of major education companies also shook up the sector, which is making big bets on online distance learning, writes Patricia Gomes for edSurge.
Una sentencia del Tribunal Constitucional obliga a las universidades católicas a dotarse de una ley de creación que deberá ser aprobada por los parlamentos autonómicos. Hasta ahora, bastaba con la autorización de la Conferencia Episcopal para levantar un nuevo campus, pero la sentencia del alto tribunal equipara el proceso con el que ha de pasar cualquier universidad privada.
African countries are still too focused on the state sector, and this hinders the private sector from contributing to alleviating poverty in the region, experts said during the IMF/World Bank meetings
El Ministerio de Educación detectó una serie de irregularidades administrativas en la Universidad Pedro de Valdivia y en la Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicaciones (Uniacc). El detalle de las Anomalías, será publicado en un informe durante la próxima semana, según informó la ministra de la cartera, Carolina Schmidt.
La Comisión de Educación del Congreso recibió facultades de comisión investigadora del Pleno para indagar los altos sueldos que percibirían las principales autoridades y titulares de cargos directivos y de confianza en la Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.
With ‘surplus’ universities and schools being encouraged to shut down or merge due to Taiwan’s demographic downturn, the government has said that private institutions should not be allowed to profiteer from selling land designated for educational use.
In the 1970s, private universities arrived, hoping to open another door to prospective learners that were stripped of the opportunity due to Taiwan's limited budget for education. But who knew that the problematic bud of private education would be blooming and throttling the nation's future over the next 40 years.