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Focuses on the conservative Catholic colleges in the U.S. which were established in response to the failure of existing institutions to lead students to the Catholic faith. Background of Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida; Comment from reverend Joseph D. Fessio, chancellor at Ave Maria, on the liberalism of some Jesuit institutions like the University of San Francisco in California; Impact of conservative Catholic colleges on Catholic higher education or the U.S. society; Information on how conservative Catholic colleges view the mainstream and liberalistic Catholic educators and colleges.

Reports on the preference of colleges and university administrators in Sweden to hire female professors than male professors. Task given by the Swedish government to schools with regard to gender; Reason behind the determination in Swedish education to hire additional female professors; Percentage of women professors in the country in 1997.

Focuses on the state of academic freedom in Iran. Professor of Persian studies at the University of Pennsylvania archaeology museum, Brian Spooner's study tours in Iran for graduate students; Reformers' pledged to allow satellite television in homes and to permit open debate of social and religious issues; Iranian president Mohammad Khatami's call for closer cultural ties with the United States.

The article focuses on the number of U.S. students earning an academic degree in Great Britain. According to Britain's Higher Education Statistics Agency, 14,755 Americans were enrolled in degree programs at British institution in the 2005-2006 academic year. Studying in Great Britain is generally cheaper than studying in the U.S. Joan A. Liu, co-director of college guidance at the Ranney School, a private institution in Tinton Falls, N.J., believes that the cost of sending a child to a British college or university is about $20,000 less than institutions in the U.S. Information is given for the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland.

Presents information on the success of the University of the Americas, which was owned by Sylvan Learning Systems, in Chile. Consequences related to the growth of the university; Impact of the university's marketing on its growth; Criticisms on the education provided by the university.

Focuses on the growth of private universities in Chile. Increase in enrollment in higher education; Amount of tuition fees charged by the universities; Complaints of the universities on the government's ruling on student loans.

Discusses the challenges faced by Kurdish students in Turkey as they try to request for optional courses on the Kurdish language. Information on efforts by officials to justify the ban on the use of Kurdish in education; Restrictions on speaking and publishing in Kurdish; Mistreatment cases of students in police custody; Effect on educational issues such as the right to an education taught in the native tongue.

Discusses the major changes in Turkey's program to train academics for the its expanded university system. Increase in the testing and screening of candidates; Requirement of extensive English-language training before qualifying for advanced study abroad; Assertion that training large numbers of young academics in the West is worth the expense; Review of past programs.

Reports about the circumstances of Bosnian students in foreign universities. Survey of Bosnian students in Australian universities; Call by Bosnian educators for the return of exiled students; Concerns of students of prospects in Bosnia; Opinion of George Soros, Hungarian-American financier; Meeting of Bosnian students and educators in Austria.

The article reports on several actions of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges in June 2006. The association removed the Salvation Army College for Officer Training at Crestmont, in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California from probation. Also, the association placed the following colleges on warning status: Feather River Community College, Quincy, California; Hawaii Tokai International College, Honolulu; Lassen Community College, Susanville, California.

The article reports that the U.S. is losing its position as the destination of choice for international students and must take determined action to reverse the trend. The report calls on the government to develop a strategy to attract foreign students and scholars, coordinate the actions of its various departments, and remove barriers that keep foreign students out.

The article reports that a U.S. government panel's report has asked the Congress and the President to create a new fellowship program to increase the number of American undergraduates studying abroad a decade from now to one million a year. The number of students who go abroad has grown strongly in recent decades. Almost three times as many students went abroad in 2003-4 as in 1991-92. The commission said its goal of one million students by the 2016-17 academic year is 50 percent more than the 640,000 students who would be expected to study abroad 11 years from now if current trends continued. The program would be known as the Lincoln Fellowships.

The article presents information on the study programs initiated by German state universities to help students whose campuses were washed out by Hurricane Katrina. Several public universities there have made available a total of 30 places for the fall semester with all expenses paid. The 12 universities of the German state of Hesse have accepted 15 students. Ludwig Maximilian University, in Munich, is taking 5, and the University of Dortmund is taking 10. In general, the offers include airfare, all fees, accommodations, health insurance and about $20 per day spending money. Students who have been studying German will take at least some classes in that language. But the others will choose from the growing number of courses taught in English that German universities have been developing to attract more foreign students.

The article reports on the introduction by the Educational Testing Service of a new version of its test for use by colleges to assess students' skills in reading, writing, critical thinking and mathematics. The new examination, called the Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress, replaces a test called the Academic Profile, which has been in use since 1987. Both tests focus on general academic skills rather than on subject-specific knowledge. ETS, the nonprofit organization that sells the exam, says the new version offers institutions more flexibility in delivery, since it can be taken and scored online, be customized, and it gives administrators more information, including demographic data. Institutions can purchase an optional essay section, which grades students' writing samples by computer.

This article presents information on the "Adventure/Challenge Programming" course started by Temple University. Hanging from a rope or falling backward only to be caught at the last moment by a partner are not only tolerated in this course, they are required activities. This short, intensive three-credit course, taught on three weekends in the spring or five consecutive days in the summer, covers the basics of therapeutic recreation. The point is to teach students how such activities can be used to help patients or clients learn better social skills like cooperation, trust, and negotiating.

The article presents information on the assistance sought by the ministry of Afghanistan. As Afghanistan struggles to rebuild its shattered university system, it faces a problem that any poor country would envy. As it moves from an emergency phase of rebuilding bombed-out university buildings to a long-term development phase, the ministry is trying to get a better grip on foreign help. There are now five partnerships involving American and Afghan institutions. Afghanistan greatly welcomes long-term partnerships, but must have the right to refuse the offer of short-term consultants who offer only quick fixes.

Presents an update on international issues related to higher education as of May 2005. Launch of Project Atlas Web site by the Institute of International Education to track enrollment data of students who are studying outside their home countries; Information on a gaming course offered by the Prince of Songkla University in Phuket, Thailand.

Reports on the decision of the Turkish Parliament to adopt a higher-education bill in May 2004. Concerns of the military and educational leaders in Turkey regarding the bill; Statement issued by the administration of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding the legislation; Charges made by the educational leaders regarding the hidden agenda of the government.

Presents information on Pitágoras College owned by Apollo International and Pitágoras Group in Brazil. Number of students enrolled in the college; List of disciplines offered by the institution; Teaching methodology used by the college.

Presents newsbriefs regarding universities and education around the world as of June 29, 2001. Protest held by Indian scholars; Chinese government's suspicion of researchers with overseas connections; Scholarship for Gypsies.

Reports that four American foundations have announced a five-year program to support higher education in sub-Saharan Africa. Collaboration among the Carnegie Corp. of New York and the Rockefeller, Ford, and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Foundations' efforts to explore how the money would be spent.

Focuses on the teaching of Jewish studies in Poland. Tours of the Auschwitz concentration camps for teachers; Conference on teaching the Holocaust organized by the Center for Jewish Culture; Number of Jewish people killed at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Reports on American and foreign university leaders' urging their institutions to assume more responsibility to respond to the crisis in public education. Recurrent problems; National Commission on Education's preparation of comprehensive recommendations to improve British education; Problem of schools in the former Soviet Union; Higher education; Specific steps.

Focuses on Harald Bohmer, a German chemist who heads a natural-dye laboratory at Marmara State University in Istanbul, Turkey. His teaching to carpet makers of the lost art of using natural colors to dye their wool; Reasons for his preference for natural dyes; His help to the carpetmakers in marketing their rugs; Background of his interest in the university project; Description of the rugmaking community and their wares.

Reports on the financial status of three universities in Berlin, Germany. How the East-West rivalry aided institutions when the city was still divided; Cuts in funding to Humboldt University and the Technical and Free Universities of Berlin; History of the schools; Comments from university leaders and Kerstin Schneider, spokeswoman for Berlin's Ministry of Culture, Science, and Research.

Reports on how the leaders of rival nationalist groups in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia are manipulating higher-education policy issues to support their conflicting political agendas. Disputes centering over the right for the large Albanian minority to have access to higher education; Criticism of proposed legislation; Opening of the private University of Tetovo located about 25 miles outside of Skopje, Albania; Consequences of the opening of the university.

Informs that teaching students in Belarus have reacted angrily to a decree issued in March 1997 by President Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko's decision to return to the Soviet-era system of assigning the teaching students jobs after graduation; Reason for the decision.

Presents updates on educational system in several countries as of March 26, 2004. Details of a report about the possibility that British undergraduates could be outnumbered by foreign students at the University of Oxford; Strike involving professors at the Bishop's University in Canada; Restriction given by U.S. authorities to medical professors and physician from travelling to Cuba to attend an international conference on brain injury.

Presents news briefs relating to distance education as of October 2001. Information on a bill proposed by the Swedish government for creating a virtual university; Plans of Pakistan's Ministry of Science and Technology to establish an online university; Support of the Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals on the distance education plans of Indonesian Bangkit University Teledukasi.

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.