HE News Brief 4.01.11

January 4th, 2011Finland, France, HE News, India, Trends, UK, University Rankings1 comment

by Abby Chau

Happy new year to you all!  The QSIU team will be delivering you the latest HE news, as well as intelligence on rankings, HE trends, and other beasts this upcoming year. Stay tuned.

• India has announced that they will be performing their first major survey of higher education, which has suffered from inadequate statistical information for years. This initiative is seen to be the first step in a decade long effort to double the countries’ higher education institutions.
  Full Story: New York Times
  
  
• Now that English students are set to pay up to £9000 in tuition fees starting in 2012, Michael Russell, Scotland’s Education  announced that Scottish students will still enjoy free tuition. In order to fund this, students from the rest of the UK will pay premium fees. This announcement is seen to curve “fee refugees” from other parts of the UK from fleeing to Scotland in order to pay less for higher education.
  Full Story:  University World News
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