 | July 2019 - Beverly Hills, CA ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS EVALUATION INSTITUTE, INC. (ACEI)
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| | Our round up of education news from around the world includes stories on female empowerment and inclusion of gender perspectives in school curriculum, assimilating children traumatized by war and conflict into communities through education, seeking solution to prevent migration of youth from eastern to western Europe by encouraging rapid reforms, and the continued growth of online and executive education offered through collaboration between private tech companies and accredited universities. | AUSTRALIA Universal Business School Sydney Unveils New MBA Program Independent executive education provider Universal Business School Sydney (UBSS) has unveiled Australia’s newest MBA program, providing students with access to a fully accredited program with a strong focus on entrepreneurship and face-to-face learning. To read more, click here. | CANADA Announces Support of Access to Education for Girls and Women Canada is committed to advancing gender equality and ensuring that girls, adolescent girls and women have access to quality education, especially in conflict and crisis situations. To read more, click here. |  Photo credit: AP | | CHINA Looks to UK, Australia, and Canada Caught in the crossfire of the US-China trade war, Chinese students are looking for alternative study destinations—which threatens to turn off an important source of revenue for American universities. To read more, click here. | EASTERN EUROPE Germany warns the East: Speed Up Reforms or Risk Migration of its Youth Germany’s minister of state for Europe delivered a blunt message to a gathering of the Eastern Partnership, organized in the Georgian Black Sea city of Batumi on July 11, 2019): unless reforms in Eastern Europe speed up, its young people will leave to find a better life in Western Europe. To read more, click here. | HUNGARY Central European University: The Saga Continues Students at Hungary’s Central European University wonder if they will be allowed to stay in the country after the government’s education reforms that has forced the University to relocate to Vienna, Austria. To read more, click here. | INDIA On-line Executive Education Mumbai is home to Eruditus, a start-up that its co-founder hopes will earn unicorn status (privately held companies with a valuation of $1bn or more). Venture capitalist Sequoia India and Bertelsmann India Investments have invested in the company, which is shaking up executive education by delivering courses across the world in partnership with leading business schools. To read more, click here. | IRAQ Minority children Traumatized by Ghosts of IS Captivity Brainwashed and broken, the Islamic State group's youngest victims are struggling to recover from years of jihadist captivity as they return to their own traumatized minority communities in Iraq. To read more, click here. | LEBANON Integrating Gender Perspective into the Curriculum Lebanon’s Ministry of Education and its Center for Educational Research and Development (CRDB) recently signed a partnership agreement with the Lebanese NGO ABAAD - Resource Centre for Gender Equality to integrate gender perspective into the country’s public-school curriculum. To read more, click here. | SWEDEN Passes Law for National Research Misconduct Agency After several high-profile cases, the country’s government is creating a board to oversee and investigate all serious allegations of scientific misconduct. To read more, click here | THE WORLD of Young Degree Holders to Reach 300 Million by 2030 ==========
In an extensive analysis, the OECD has examined the fast-changing global higher education landscape over the past 10 years and changes that can be expected in the coming decade. It forecasts that the number of young people with a degree will reach 300 million in OECD and G20 countries by 2030 and highlights challenges of access, cost, quality and relevance. To read more, click here. | THE WORLD More than 7000 Universities Declare Climate Emergency Networks representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from six continents have announced that they are declaring a ‘climate emergency’ and agreed to undertake a three-point plan to address the crisis through their work with students. To read more, click here | U.S.A. The United States Department of Education is stepping up its scrutiny of whether colleges comply with federal reporting requirements regarding disclosures of foreign gifts and contracts. To find out, click here. | Upcoming Events 2019: IHE NOW
The Admissions Challenges Facing Private Colleges
August 16, 2019, San Francisco, CA
New Zealand International Education Conference & Expo
Navigating Our Changing World
August 7-8, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand
European Association of International Educators (EAIE),
Annual Conference
September 24-27, 2019, Helsinki, Finland
NACAC 75th National Conference
September 26-28, 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 33rd Annual Conference
October 5-7, 2019 in Chicago, IL
AIEC (Australian International Education Conference) 2019
October 15-18, 2019 in Perth, Australia
Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers Network Conference
Crossing Borders and Boundaries
October 17–19, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas
Alliance for International Exchange Annual Conference
Shaping the Future
October 24-25, 2019 in Washington, DC
IVEC 2019
International Virtual Exchange Conference
October 25-26, 2019 in Tacoma, Washington
2019 CIEE Annual Conference
Opening Doors to Increase Diversity in Study Abroad
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