Bulgaria University
Bulgaria (07/05)
Bulgaria hosts the only fully American university in the region, the American University of Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad, established in 1991, drawing students from throughout southeast Europe and beyond. ... [Read More]
The American Studies Collection – Study of the U.S.
Babes-Bolyai University, ... Aristotle University, ... University of World Economy and Diplomacy ... [Read More]
Bulgaria
The law provides for a range of financial assistance for persons with disabilities, including free public transportation, reduced prices on modified automobiles, and free equipment such as wheelchairs; however, budgetary constraints limited the availability of assistance. A survey during the year by the Center for Independent Living found that about 82 percent of public buildings were inaccessible to persons with disabilities. Societal discrimination against persons with disabilities persisted. Persons with disabilities had access to university training (students with disabilities were required to pay the university's initial application fee but were exempt from tuition if accepted), to housing, and to employment; however, architectural barriers were a great hindrance in most older buildings, including schools and universities. ... [Read More]
Reports, International Education Week 2001
Texas Tech University (Lubbock) ... Public Forum on the Future of International Educational Exchange (George Washington University) ... Florida International University (Miami) ... [Read More]
Reports, International Education Week 2001
Seven presentations on "U.S. Education for International Students" were the initiative of the Open Society (OS) Information Centers to recognize International Education Week around Bulgaria. These were open for everyone interested in undergraduate education in the USA and the special guest was the Director of International Recruitment of State University of New York (SUNY), Brockport, Mrs. Julie Ivey. She presented the U.S. system of higher education, the role of international students in the academic and social life of the U.S. universities, and the types of financial aid for international students. She also focused on the State University of New York, today a system of 80 schools, and SUNY's policies and financial aid for international students. She gave a good example of the interest of U.S. universities, including the state ones, in the int ... [Read More]
Bulgaria
For most registered religious groups there were no restrictions on attendance at religious services or on private religious instruction. Four Islamic schools (including a university-level Muslim divinity school), a Muslim cultural center, a multi-denominational Protestant seminary, university theological faculties, and religious primary schools operated freely. Bibles and other religious materials in the Bulgarian language were imported or printed freely, and Muslim, Catholic, and Jewish publications were published regularly. ... [Read More]
Reports, International Education Week 2001
The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission made the most of the excellent opportunity the second annual International Education Week gave international educators to heighten the awareness of U.S. educational system and the advantages of international education. Nearly 300 students, teachers, lecturers and researchers visited the Fulbright Advising Center and were consulted on the educational system in the U.S.; opportunities to study, research and lecture in American colleges and universities; how to apply to U.S. educational institutions both on undergraduate and graduate level; university search; American standardized tests; sources of financial aid; filling our of application forms. Above 100 persons visited the Fulbright local info-centers in Plovdiv, Varna, Stara Zagora, Veliko Turnovo, ... [Read More]
Specialized Projects – Project Profiles – Educational Partnerships Program
The University of Pittsburgh is administering a three-year partnership in collaboration with Portland State University and Drexel University to support faculty and curriculum development in Albania, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. This multi-sectoral project is helping to develop new curriculum, instructional material, pedagogical techniques in civic education at the primary and secondary schools in Kosovo; train professors in the faculty of law at the University of Pristina; develop new courses in political science at the University of Tirana in collaboration with Drexel University; support best practices in business administration at the University of Montenegro with the Katz School of Business of the University of Pittsburgh, while Portland State University develops an Executive Management Certificate Program with the University of Novi Sad in Vojvodina. Finally, the Graduate Schoo ... [Read More]
Reports, International Education Week 2001
A very pleasant surprise was the trip to the American University in Blagoevgrad, where Fulbright coordinators attended the AUBG Grad School Fair. ... Thirty-seven students attended the outreach/information session at the American University in Blagoevgrad. Thirty more students from Bulgaria, Albania, Romania, Kosovo, Moldova and Belarus visited the Fulbright Commission booth at the AUBG 2001 Grad School Fair. They were eager to find out how to continue their education in the United States. They received ample information and materials from the Fulbright Commission educational advisor Snezhana Teneva and local coordinators. ... [Read More]
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