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Germany sees record int’l numbers

The PIE News

International students at Germany’s Applied Sciences universities have more than doubled in the past ten years to almost 107,000 students (+140%). The number of Ukrainian students in Germany also rose significantly during the winter semester to 9,100 students, a 43% jump on 21/22.

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Reflections on a global Wales…

The PIE News

The innovative programs that we’ve developed – from the establishment of Global Wales in 2015 to the launch of the Welsh Government’s ambitious mobility scheme, Taith – are rightly drawing international attention. Taith , by the way, means journey in Welsh. My own taith isn’t altogether uncommon.

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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

The fact is that Princeton is not a research powerhouse in the applied sciences. The 2016 pledge by elite institutions to boost enrollment of low-income students “ added just 7,713 such students between 2015 and 2021 ”—nowhere near the 50,000 promised by the American Talent Initiative.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

PEER and WISE Programs Clemson University College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences The PEER and WISE programs support students academically and demonstrate best practices and high graduation rates for underrepresented populations at predominantly White institutions.

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Pell Grant Expansion Extends Educational Opportunities to Thousands of Incarcerated Students

Insight Into Diversity

These efforts build on the success of the ED’s Second Chance Pell (SCP) Experiment, which launched in 2015 and involved nearly 200 higher educational institutions that facilitated PEPs for incarcerated students.

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Colombian Higher Education

HESA

In addition to a large number of universities, it also has two other sectors, one of which resembles North American community colleges and the other, which resembles European Universities of Applied Sciences, or as we sometimes say in Canada, polytechnics. AU: Now recently enrollment rates have shot up enormously.

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Columbian Higher Education

HESA

In addition to a large number of universities, it also has two other sectors, one of which resembles North American community colleges and the other, which resembles European Universities of Applied Sciences, or as we sometimes say in Canada, polytechnics. AU: Now recently enrollment rates have shot up enormously.