A foundation hopes to open a university in North Korea in 2009. The Pyongyang University of Science and Technology University would be foreign funded, with one major contribution and other donations. The project has been delayed due to severe international tensions.
A new university bill will turn higher education into a business enterprise, according to protesting students. In turn government claims that the bill is radically different from that originally composed three years ago and leaves no room for such fears. The bill deals with funding for only the public sector, whereas management provisions deal with both sectors.
In an effort to keep college affordable during the economic storm, small private colleges are cutting back in other areas, like faculty hiring and salary increases, to free up money for student...