The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has published a preliminary state-by-state list of maximum in-state tuition and fees, a tally that serves as an early indicator of how much the new GI Bill may cost the federal government. The numbers contain some surprises and bode well for both veterans and the private colleges they may wish to attend.
Boston Belmont University believes in the personal touch. Before freshmen start classes this fall, the Christian institution in Nashville will have had multiple personal contacts with the students...
The human resource development (HRD) ministry may allow private players to set up universities instead of going through the "deemed to be university" route. The ministry will also push for firm regulations which would demand transparency and accountability of the players in the education sector.
The government will allow the private sector to set up medical colleges in backward states, hilly areas and the northeast region, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Monday. "We will allow the private sector to set up medical colleges in backward states, hilly areas and the northeastern region," Azad said here at a healthcare meet organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), an industry lobby.
The financial crisis that began last year has shaken higher-education systems throughout the nine states in the Northeast, totting budget cuts on public universities and shrinking the endowments of the region's many private colleges.
PRESS statements by higher education minister Blade Nzimande confirm his eagerness to address issues in the public higher education arena. But what about the private education sector?
With a target of 75,000 foreign students registering at private institutions of higher learning by next year, the Higher Education Ministry has been talking with providers on ways to make Malaysia a regional hub of excellence, writes KOH SOO LING.
Presidents of a number of colleges vowed in November to take a pay cut or otherwise give back part of their earnings as a way to help buffer their schools against the struggling economy.
Even as the Commission on Higher Education is not mandated by law to set tuition fee ceilings, Speaker Prospero Nograles said private schools have the social and moral responsibility not to treat profits as their reason for existence.
Gujarat government on Friday admitted that the picture of state's higher education is not very rosy, one of the major reasons why it became essential to come up with the Gujarat Private Universities Bill, 2009. Concluding the debate on the Bill, education minister Ramanlal Vora said, the gross enrolment ratio in the age-group 18-23, or higher education, in Gujarat is lower than the national average. "It is 11 per cent in India, while it is 10 per cent in Gujarat", he said.
Exploding demand for higher education during the last decade, especially in developing countries, has been accompanied by extraordinary growth in private provision and rising tensions over the entry of foreign institutions into local markets.
State Education Minister Ramanlal Vora moved the Gujarat Private Universities Bill, 2009, seeking to set up private universities, in the Legislative Assembly here on Thursday.
The presidents of the nation’s major private research universities were paid a median compensation of $627,750 in the 2007-8 fiscal year — a 5.5 percent increase from the previous year — according to The Chronicle of Higher Education annual executive compensation survey.
The article profiles the private college Interdisciplinary Center, which is located in Israel and attracts donors and scholars from around the world. The center is the country's first private college, and offers competition to Israel's seven publicly financed major universities. The school has developed a stellar reputation among students and scholars because of its commitment to interdisciplinary work and community involvement.
Compensation (pay plus benefits) has grown the fastest for leaders of research institutions, many of which are larger, richer, and more complex than other kinds of institutions.
Charismatic as well as politically astute, Ton Nu Thi Ninh is a patient woman — up to a point. As a high-ranking member of Vietnam's Communist Party, and regarded as the most powerful woman in...
Shirley Ann Jackson, president of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was the highest paid private college president in 2007-2008, according to a report published today by The Chronicle of Higher Education.