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Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2022
The "2022 Nebraska Higher Education Progress Report" is the 17th annual progress report designed to provide the Nebraska Legislature with comparative statistics to monitor and evaluate progress toward achieving three key priorities for Nebraska's postsecondary education system. They are: (1) Increase the number of students who enter…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Secondary Education, Progress Monitoring, Dropout Rate
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Bista, Krishna, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Today, millions of students cross geographic, cultural, and educational borders for their higher education. Trends of international student mobility are significant to universities, educators, business leaders, and governments to increase revenue and campus diversity in the global marketplace. As such, it is vital to examine recent trends in…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Mobility, Foreign Countries, Trend Analysis
Kalman, Matthew – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Tal Ben-Shahar was once a successful psychology professor at Harvard University. His classes on positive psychology attracted audiences of more than 850 students, making it the most popular course on the campus. But the best-selling author of "Heaven Can Wait" and "Happier" left America in 2006 to return to his native Israel…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Private Colleges, College Graduates, Foreign Countries
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Chakrabarti, Raj; Bartning, Augustine; Sengupta, Shiladitya – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2010
The authors profile developments in the globalization of Indian higher education, with an emphasis on emerging globally compatible institutional infrastructures. In recent decades, there has been an enormous amount of brain drain: the exodus of the brightest professionals and students to other countries. The article argues that the implementation…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Private Colleges, Global Approach
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Arikewuyo, M. Olalekan – Higher Education Policy, 2009
The Nigerian university system, in spite of its astronomical growth in size, has been beset by a barrage of problems, which are threatening its ability to perform the traditional roles of teaching, research and services. Such problems as highlighted in this paper include: unplanned expansion leading to proliferation of both private and public…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
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Al-Barwani, Thuwayba; Chapman, David W.; Ameen, Hana – Higher Education Policy, 2009
Oman will soon be producing three times more college graduates than there are jobs available in the country each year, forcing graduates to seek employment outside of Oman. Their success in securing and holding employment will be based more on training and performance than might be the case if they were working in Oman. If graduates find that the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Private Colleges, Labor Market, College Graduates