1. South Asian Countries Plan Joint University.
- Author
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Neelakantan, Shailaja
- Subjects
INTERNATIONAL cooperation on education ,EDUCATIONAL cooperation ,PARTNERSHIPS in education ,GLOBAL studies ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
The article reports on an agreement among members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation to set up a cross-borders university in South Asia. Students admitted to the planned South Asian University would be granted visas to travel among the member nations of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. One of the originators of the idea for a regional higher education center was Gowher Rizvi of Harvard University, who said the university will have positive effects on the historically troubled international relations in the region.
- Published
- 2007