India's Supreme Court quashed a provision of a state law this month that allowed the establishment of private universities in the State of Chhattisgarh, in central India. The court called the three-year-old provision "unconstitutional" and canceled the registrations of all 108 private universities in the state, Some 20,000 students are enrolled in the institutions.
In an apparent first, the for-profit higher-education industry has begun collecting data on the salaries of its college administrators. Last month, at the Career College Association's annual meeting here, it released some of the initial findings -- with some strong caveats.
Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan announced not to force private universities and colleges to change names after opposition lawmakers threatened to freeze a huge portion of the ministry's budget. The ministry had sent a letter to all universities and colleges with the words "China," "Chinese" or "Chunghwa" (Chinese) in their names and asked them to change their names to underscore Taiwan's identity and avoid confusion with mainland China following Taiwan's executive cabinet plan of changing the names of all of the nation's overseas missions and state-owned enterprises before the Dec. 11 legislative elections, which raised sharp criticisms from legislators of the opposition party.
Three Shanghai private colleges will be allowed to admit students without national college entrance exam score requirements this year, marking a major change in the city's decades-old higher education admission system.
A Japanese university has filed for bankruptcy protection, citing a decline in its enrollment. The case, the first of its kind, could mark the start of a trend in Japan, where the birthrate -- and, along with it, the pool of college-age students -- has steadily shrunk for more than a decade.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with the Afghan Government and other private donors to establish the private American University of Afghanistan set to open in 2006. Targeting 1,100 undergraduates from Afghanistan and neighboring countries, the university will offer programs in management, liberal arts, and communications, all taught in English. Additionally, President Karzai has emphasized that educational development is crucial to national development.
In a judgment that could limit access to professional education, India's Supreme Court ruled last month that colleges that do not receive government aid are not required to use state admission quotas for students from minority groups and lower castes.
In a setback to the Centre's proposed legislation for regulating admissions to and fee structures in private professional educational institutions, which also provides for reservation, a seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday ruled out quotas in them.
Member of Punjab Assembly and standing committee S&GAD; Mrs. Rabia Aliya Khan has stressed the need of more effective contribution of the private sector in the promotion of education in the country.
An annual nationwide survey of campus facilities, now in its second year, shows that private colleges and universities typically have far more usable space per student than their public counterpart
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to review a lower court's ruling that a private university does not have to make its campus-police records available to the public.
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to review a lower court's ruling that a private university is not required to make its campus police records available to the public.
New York's private colleges will be able to tap into public funds to pay for construction projects under an unusual new program in the $106.6-billion state budget that lawmakers...
Investors poured more than $161-million into private companies that run colleges for a profit and into other businesses in the higher-education industry in 2004, an amount that was nearly double...
Findings of a nationwide survey of campus facilities, now in its second year, show that private colleges and universities typically have far more usable space per student than their public...
India's Supreme Court on Thursday quashed a provision of a state law that allowed the establishment of private universities in the State of Chhattisgarh, in central India.
In a judgment that could limit access to professional education, India's Supreme Court ruled last week that colleges that do not receive government aid are not required to use state...
Yet another private-equity investor has entered the for-profit higher-education industry. Liberty Partners, a $1.8-billion fund based in New York City, announced on Wednesday that it had acquired...
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education rejected a controversial proposal on Thursday for the University of Massachusetts system to acquire the Southern New England School of Law and establish...