June 2015 archive

Agência FAPESP: NanoAdventure is awarded in the Mercosul prize of Science and Technology

Elton Alisson | Agência FAPESP – See the full news (in portuguese) HERE

NanoAdventure Project from Unicamp awarded

NanoAventura: Prêmio Mercosul de Ciência e Tecnologia

The World View: Further Reflections on the Brazilian Mobility Program

Full article publised at the blog “The World View” from “Inside Higher Education”. See it HERE. A recent blog by Luciane Stallivieri about the ambitious Brazilian mobility program of college students (Brazil’s Science Without Borders Program, May 31, 2015) hit the nail on the head regarding several issues in this debate. Although the numbers are …

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U.S. For-Profits in Brazil

Elizabeth Redden wrote a very interesting article at Insider Higher Education: U.S. For-Profits in Brazil Business is booming in Brazil for DeVry Education Group, an Illinois-based, publicly traded for-profit education company. DeVry reports that it enrolls more than 58,000 degree-seeking students in Brazil, plus another 53,000 students in test preparatory programs there. According to the company’s …

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