College

A big bang in the secondary, tertiary and post-secondary education sectors is being pursued by the government.

A few weeks ago Greece passed a law allowing the operation of private, non-profit universities, including allowing foreign private universities to set up branches in the country. The move came despite weeks of demonstrations that included scores of university building occupations by students.

Bulgarian students seeking to pursue higher education abroad continue to favor European countries, with Ireland maintaining its position as the top destination, according to data from educational consultant "Integral".

Since I work at a private, not-for-profit university in the USA, one would expect me to be in favor of such institutions for Greece. While I do believe that not-for-profit private higher education is indeed fine, I am not sure if this model will work in Greece.

Some 100,000 students in Greece choose private colleges over public universities after graduating from high school, with the Hellenic Colleges Association (HCA) reporting a 10% rise in admissions in the 2022-2023 academic year.

The US Embassy in Athens is partnering with The American College of Greece on the Education Unites 2023 program, offering fully funded scholarships to at-risk refugee, migrant and displaced students with financial needs for undergraduate and graduate degrees at Deree.

Ljubljana – The newspaper Večer comments on the creation of new public higher education and research institutions in Friday’s commentary, expressing concern that degrees could become totally devalued.

A lot of controversy has been stirred up by the Education Ministry's decision to open up jobs in public education to graduates of private colleges. These reactions however have deflected attention away from two significant moves which are being introduced in the new bill on tertiary education.

The status in Greece of degrees from British institutions of higher education will not be impacted by Brexit, according to the Education Ministry.
More specifically, British universities and colleges were included in a bill tabled in Parliament by Education Minister Niki Kerameus which stipulates that degrees of European Union countries are recognized in Greece.

Tushar Sharma is one of the thousands of Indians who study abroad every year. He is also one of the very few people in his country to have picked a Greek university. Among the 752,000 Indians studying outside the South Asian country, according to the Foreign Ministry in Delhi, he was one of just 10 Indians studying in Greece last year.