La Asociación Nacional de Universidades Privadas de Bolivia (ANUP) pide que en la reglamentación de la Ley de Autonomías se incluya a los estudiantes de Medicina de las universidades privadas para que realicen prácticas en los hospitales públicos.
Polémica por críticas de gremio empresarial a instituciones privadas de educación superior. Piden fortalecer la evaluación de la calidad educativa y se oponen a moratoria de nuevos centros.
Antonio Alarcón Camarillo, delegado estatal de la Asociación Nacional de Instituciones Educativas Particulares, señalo que las escuelas particulares en todo el país y en Veracruz se están formado bajo cuadros de calidad que la educación requiere, es un poco complejo que se hable de un programa de calidad, pero las escuelas particulares lo están aplicando, refirió el delegado estatal
For-profit college representatives are fighting in federal court for the right to avoid telling students if they are likely to afford their debts after attending school.
Rosemir Soares always wanted to go to university but could never afford the fees. Then she discovered Prouni, a scholarship program of the Brazilian government that has guaranteed a college education for more than one million low-income students since it began, in 2005.
Private universities play a critical role in advancing the higher education goals of Africa, as the world’s least developed continent grapples with a burgeoning youth population seeking quality, globally competitive skills, a pan-African forum held in Ethiopia agreed.
The bill seeking to set up six private universities in the State would pave the way for enhancing the quality of higher education, Higher Education Minister C T Ravi has said.
All private higher education institutions (PHEI) will be required to post a bond before they are issued licences to operate. The Higher Education Ministry is expected to impose the condition by the end of the year.
Kuwait’s strategy for urgently widening higher education access includes strengthening post-secondary paths into vocational and higher education, developing world-class, independent universities in different regions, encouraging the creation of private universities and providing scholarships for study abroad.
El Consejo Nacional Anticorrupción (CNA) y nueve universidades, representadas por sus rectores y académicos, constituyeron una alianza democrática para vigilar la correcta aplicación de la Ley Electoral y de las Organizaciones Políticas de cara a los comicios internos y generales.
Así quedó de manifiesto en el segundo informe de estados financieros de las universidades chilenas, que refleja el panorama de los ingresos, los gastos y las transacciones con empresas relacionadas por parte de las instituciones de educación superior.
El hermano del candidato presidencial Franco Parisi dijo en un programa de TV que no es "ningún santo" y que planteó incorporarse a la propiedad de un plantel de educación superior. "Pero si era un tremendo negocio", aseveró.
En las tres décadas recientes, el Estado mexicano "ha claudicado en su responsabilidad de impulsar y apoyar la educación superior pública", situación que ha provocado que cada año sean miles los estudiantes rechazados de instituciones públicas, así como la proliferación de escuelas privadas que hoy concentran a la tercera parte de la matrícula total en ese nivel, coinciden en señalar expertos.
A few days ago, the report of a 2 year investigation by a Committee of the Senate, led by Tom Harkin, was presented with severe criticisms towards current practices in for profit education in the US. The report is based on an extensive two year investigation and resulted in a in-depth report about the selected 30 companies that were examined.
A Korea-born American who heads Pyongyang's only private university is trying to teach students in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea about market economies, writes Park Ju-Min for China Daily.
The bond imposed to safeguard the interest of students at private higher education institutions should be jointly shared by students and the institution.
All doors to higher education are now closed to expatriate students in Saudi Arabia. After the Arab Spring, Arab expat children cannot study in universities either in the Kingdom or abroad. For many expatriates, especially those from Arab countries, going back to study in their home countries is a risk. Expats also told Arab News that the private sector of higher education does not benefit them due to several reasons. The latest edition of the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report confirmed that only 25 percent of expatriate students enrolled in private universities.
The US based Carnegie Mellon University officially launched its Rwandan campus on Friday August 24 where they will be offering a Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT).