Many candidates wanting to run for office in University of Delhi's student elections hit a stumbling block late last month: The Indian institution insisted that those with political aspirations...
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As one of nearly 7,000 St. John's students who receive TAP grants and one of about 190 in its HEOP program, she is not alone in her concerns. Although much attention has focused on how Mr. Pataki's budget would affect the state's public universities, private colleges and universities like St. John's would also be affected.
Four presidents of private universities were paid more than $800,000 last year, and the era of the million-dollar college president is fast approaching, according to an annual survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Seven new private universities are soon to take off in the country. Already, their approval has been given by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and is awaiting final nod from the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for operational licences.
Private universities recognised by Chhattisgarh and other States and offering courses in the State now face a threat of their courses being derecognised if they do not comply with new guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
State grants to Texas students who choose to attend private universities have survived relatively unscathed, despite deep cuts in the state budget and plans by opponents to mount an offensive against the program.
Admission to two private medical colleges and ten-odd private dental colleges of the state has been restricted by the medical education department as the colleges have failed to fulfil the affiliation criterion as prescribed by the government.
Direct taxpayer support and student-aid programs are in jeopardy as states struggle to close deficitsWhen governors and legislators scoured their budgets this year for programs
Many Japanese private institutions, including half the junior colleges (which cater heavily to women), have lost money in the last two years. Causes include decreasing overall enrollments stemming from a falling birth rate, economic recession, and an increase in the number of new institutions. Some of the troubled private institutions have had to shut down. Others pursue policy to avoid this fate. Cost cutting falls heavily on staff. Measures to make institutions more attractive often center on attracting nontraditional students--businesspeople, homemakers, and retirees.
Japanese courts in major cities have issued rulings on prepaid tuition fees at private higher education institutions: to be returned or not. Referring to several elite and other private institutions, the Tokyo District Court sentenced them to return the prepaid tuition to students who did not enroll, though they had been admitted.
The Afghan government is actively planning for the country's first private university. The American University of Afghanistan is to be American-style, with English-language instruction and mainly American professors. It is to open as an undergraduate institution, with graduate programs in the future. The Afghan Ministry of Higher Education has contracted an American organization for expertise on foreign institution building and is obtaining U.S. government funds. There will be a 10-month feasibility study from this summer, with the university slated to open shortly thereafter.
The present academic year in India has experienced chaos following fee hikes, public demonstrations and staying of admissions in private medical colleges. Following the Supreme Court judgment in October 2002, some private medical colleges in Mumbai had raised annual fees from about $2,500 to $7,500. In its judgement, the court had allowed financially independent private sector to run professional colleges, a right granted earlier only to minorities based upon religion or language.
India's Supreme Court has ordered each state to review private institutions' tuition to forbid "profiteering." The Court's ruling mainly results from the for-profit orientation of many Indian private institutions-and their questionable quality. The fast private growth of Indian higher education due to the increasing demand for access has resulted in the sale of seats in many private institutions.
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S. Auer, and K. Fähnrich. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Production and Research 2003, August 3-7, Blacksburg, Virginia USA Virginia Tech Blacksburg, (August 2003)
S. Auer, and K. Fähnrich. HCI International (International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction) October 2003, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, volume 3 of Cognitive, Social and Ergonomic Aspects Mahwah/NJ, page 956-960. Erlbaum, (October 2003)