Nearly 500 private higher education institutions (IPTS) in the country will be affected if the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) is abolished, said Deputy minister in Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Ahmad Maslan.
A college education -- even at a top private college or university -- doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg. Here are ten private schools from Kiplinger's 100 Best Values in Private Colleges and Universities where the net price tag per student -- the annual cost (tuition, fees, room and board, and books) to students after financial aid -- is $20,000 a year or less.
Ballots cast in November will help decide how the federal government confronts the costs of college and what role the private sector plays in higher education.
222 of 2,181 private colleges and universities nationwide will raise their tuition rates by an average of 10 percent or P41.52 per unit when the next school year opens in June, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said.
As Mexico’s last baby boom comes of age, more young people than ever aspire to a college degree. A rush of private higher education institutions has arrived to meet rising demand.
As one of the few cops walking the beat of global higher education, Britain’s Quality Assurance Agency does not limit its audits to schools inside Britain. Adjustment, rather than punishment, is the aim of the Q.A.A. Before the agency issues even a “limited confidence” judgment, the university being audited will typically be given the opportunity to appeal the decision. Out of 38 degree-awarding institutions audited last year, only two were given “limited confidence.” Of the 47 private providers reported on, the Q.A.A. issued just one finding of “no confidence” and two of “no reliance.”
The American Association of University Professors has issued an open letter expressing "growing concern" about academic and personal freedoms at a controversial new liberal-arts campus in Singapore founded jointly by Yale University and the National University of Singapore. It is yet another demonstration of the unease among many academics with American universities' global ambitions.
A new £18,000-a-year private university headed by the philosopher AC Grayling and offering lectures by Richard Dawkins, Niall Ferguson and Steven Pinker has not filled any of its courses ahead of its opening next week.
Dr Charles Olweny, a globe-trotting oncologist who trained and worked on four continents – including as a professor of medicine in Winnipeg – decided seven years ago to leave Canada and return home to lead Uganda Martyrs University, a private Catholic institution. His leadership strategy is guided by five core principles, he told University World News.
Six private colleges in Australia will be included for the first time in the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) application process, which will give the private sector greater weight, writes Jen Rosenberg for The Sydney Morning Herald.
The expansion of higher education has been extraordinary. Since the Catholic University of Angola, the country's first private higher education institution, was founded in 2001, the government has recognised a further 15 private universities.
Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo accused Education Minister Harald Beyer of presenting a “contradiction” regarding the government’s stance on nonprofit higher education in his new higher education finance plan released on Monday.
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.
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