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.
Finding affordable higher education options in Dubai seems increasingly difficult with private universities cashing in on a growing demand in the region.
Nigeria has 100 public and 30 private universities. A strike by lecturers has paralysed public institutions for the past three months, while teaching at private universities has continued. As a result, there has been a rush by parents with financial muscle to register their children in private universities, whose proprietors are smiling all the way to the bank.
Harvard University will not divest of its endowment holdings in the fossil fuel industry, said a statement issued Thursday by Drew Faust, the president. She wrote that she and board members did not consider such a move to be "warranted or wise."
For the third year in a row, the California Institute of Technology has retained the No. 1 spot in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Harvard University and the University of Oxford tied for second place, while Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology rounded out the top five.