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The article focuses on the developments in the higher education of the indigenous populations of Bolivia. The government of President Evo Morales began adopting policies that will make universities offer better services for the country's large indigenous underclass. The country joined several other Latin American countries in introducing changes in higher education designed to promote social and political agendas. Based on estimates, almost half of the students enrolled in Bolivia's 11 public universities are of indigenous origin.

Reports on struggles faced by East European universities as government support declines. Independence and autonomy given since the fall of communism; Managing scarce resources; Meeting with business leaders; Few students per teacher; Charles University; Tuition charges.

Considers the European Community's document `Memorandum on Higher Education,' which is intended to be a basis for discussion on national difference, academic exchanges and student mobility, and instead has provoked considerable debate. Concerns the EC will exert too much control over higher education; Strong economic reasons for expanding postsecondary enrollments; Higher stipends offered to students in technical fields; The EC's ERASMUS program to promote mobility.

The article reports that the U.S. State Department invited 120 college leaders to talk about how to make American higher education more engaged with the world and counter the perception that the U.S. no longer welcomes foreign students. President George W. Bush announced a $114-million proposal to increase the teaching of critical foreign languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Farsi. This year 536 low-income undergraduates will each receive a $5,000 Gilman scholarship to study abroad for at least four weeks.

Details that since the demise of Communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, hundreds of private higher-education institutions have been established across the region. How the development of private higher education in the region has been unplanned and unregulated; How the institutions have embraced modern teaching methods; How Romania has experienced the biggest explosion of private institutions; How Russia developed an accreditation mechanism.

Reports on the European union's proposal of a new academic exchange program to improve student and faculty mobility in it's 12 member nations. Reflections on the new umbrella program `Socrates'; Effect of higher education on the economy of Europe; Europe's wide standard on education.

Reports that universities in Baden-Wurttemberg signed a collective `solidarity pact' with the state government. Promise by the universities to reduce staffing levels in exchange for the state's guarantee to continue supporting the institutions at 1996 levels; Comments from Peter Frankenberg of the University of Mannheim; Resource-sharing agreement between the University of Mannheim and the University of Heidelberg.

The article reports that Vilnius State University, the principal institution of higher education of Baltic state, was beginning to assert its own autonomy well before Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union. The university adopted statutes in 1989 that gave it complete authority over its educational affairs. The university began moving toward a Western-style curriculum in the social sciences.

The article reports on academic leaders' call on Poland's Solidarity-dominated government to reverse the two decades of educational decline and accelerate moves toward greater autonomy for universities. According to educators, funds for institutions have been inadequate since the mid-1970s. Education Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki comments on issues concerning higher education in Poland.

The article reports that the universities in Poland have started to regain authority over their own affairs after decades of Communist Party control. A case to be pointed out is the Krakow's Jagiellonian University, where many people have challenged the party's claim that it must have a leading role in all facets of Polish life. With this, administrators of the university has invited the pro-Solidarity Independent Students' Association to open an office of the university's rector Aleksander Koj.

This article presents two cases that discusses the reputation of the U.S. as a global educational destination in the year of 2015. According to an analysis that discusses the best scenario, Over the last decade, China, India, South Korea, and other countries made great strides in developing their own graduate schools. But by maintaining its investments in research and higher education, the United States continues to attract some of the best students from those countries. According to an analysis that discusses the worst scenario, a report on the most popular destinations for study abroad in 2015 marks a grim milestone for American higher education. After having been the undisputed first choice for many decades, the United States, with just under 300,000 foreign students enrolled last academic year, slipped to second place behind Great Britain.

This article presents information related to the six major foundations in the U.S. which are providing $200 million to strengthen African universities over the next five years, the expansion of an effort begun in 2000. The foundations were set to announce the decision in New York at a ceremony in which United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and the presidents of Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique were scheduled to participate. The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa was started in 2000 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, which pledged $100-million for five years but ended up investing $150-million.

Presents world news briefs related to education as of June 22, 2001. Agreement signed by the European Union and the European Investment Bank to promote research and technical innovation; Plan of university presidents in Israel not to open for the fall semester if the government will continue its planned cut in higher education budget; Possible extension of the ethnic quota system for college admissions to private universities in Malaysia.

Presents an update on universities and colleges as of June 1, 2001. Ruling made by Canada's Supreme Court on the right of Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia to have its teacher-training program approved by the British Columbia College of Teachers; Punishment imposed by Turkish authorities on Fatih University for its association with the Islamist movement.

Reports that the former Soviet Republic Moldova has decided to begin charging tuition to students of higher education. Free higher education under Soviet rule; Communist view of charging for higher education; How financial circumstances forced Moldova to begin charging tuition; Rising salaries of faculty.

Reports that the government of Denmark is ending its subsidy program for the sciences at institutions of higher education. How the University of Copenhagen will be forced to reduce its number of faculty.

Profiles the formerly exiled Jesuit scholar Felix Jozef Litva. Designation as vice-rector for international relations at Trnava University; Escape from a detention camp in 1951; Return to his native Slovakia with a computer system and thousands of books.

Features the resiliency of Trnava University in the face of moves of the Slovakian government to close the state school. Receipt of support from human rights organizations and the international press; Goal of training students in religion and science; Involvement of academic personnel in Catholic activism during communist rule.

Reports on the Austrian parliament's passage of a law giving the country's postsecondary institutions more authority in running their own affairs. Increase in the universities' control of finances; Responsibility given to universities in hiring their own faculty members; Introduction of mandatory evaluations of institutions and individuals in higher education in an effort to raise academic standards.

Features a requirement by the Czech Republic for faculty members at public colleges and universities to reapply for their positions by the end of September 1993. Evaluation after reapplication; Amendments to the 1990 higher education law; Rationale for the law.

Speculates that the November election in Lithuania, when control of the government turned over to the former Communist Party, could signal the end of the republic's policy of re-evaluating all advanced degrees awarded under Communist rule. Details of that policy; Comments from Rolandas Pavilionis, rector of the University of Vilnius; Money needed for physical improvements; Plans to build a library put on hold; Demand for higher education waning; Debate in the new parliament.

Outlines reforms being considered by Austria's parliament which would increase the autonomy of the country's 12 universities and six other higher education institutions and introduce more competition and accountability into university research and teaching. Current centralization; Transfer of power to individual institutions; Improving teaching standards; Criticism of the legislation; Compromise; Comments.

States that German students demonstrated in major German cities to demand more money for the state-run higher-education system. The students barricading lecture halls in Bonn, and marching through Dusseldorf to the state parliament building; University educators indicating that conditions deteriorated as government support failed to keep up with increased enrollment.

Reports on the various provisions introduced under the reforms made by the Estonia authorities on their higher-education policies. Allocation of budget for the financing of the universities; Reasons behind these reforms; Other provisions under these amended laws.

The article focuses on university students' criticism about the inflexibility of the educational system in Czechoslovakia. They have complained about the old model of university education, the obligatory ideological courses being monitored by the Communist Party, and the virtually identical curricula set by the Ministry of Education in all universities. A new higher education law and some educational reforms being adopted in the country are also discussed.