Private education row rekindled
(eKathimerini) May 10, 2008
Education Minister Evripidis Stylianidis yesterday stood by his comments that the unhindered operation of private universities would shake things up at state institutions, despite an onslaught from opposition politicians....

Schoolchildren tired, stressed
(eKathimerini) Apr 19, 2008
A significant percentage of Greek schoolchildren feel tired, bored or stressed while at school, according to the preliminary results of a study conducted with the nationwide participation of hundreds of pupils, parents and teachers....

Turkish children of Greece gain a voice
(Turkish Daily News) Apr 16, 2008
Turcophone children attending Western Thrace's Greek public middle schools finally have a book reflecting and voicing the realities of their own community....

Colleges urged to compete globally
(eKathimerini) Mar 11, 2008
A draft law for the reform of the higher education sector will allow Greek universities and technical colleges to follow the example of foreign colleges and attract thousands more foreign students,...

Larchmonter David Noah Earns Soros Fellowship
(Larchmont Gazette, NY) Mar 06, 2008
David’s father, Aris Noah, is Greek, and his parents were partisans who fought the Nazi occupation. In the US since 1966, he is a former philosophy professor and now works as a financial analyst in New York....

Students held after violent reforms protest
(eKathimerini) Mar 01, 2008
Hundreds of students clashed with police in Komotini, northern Greece, yesterday as they tried to burst into a conference of university rectors who had been discussing proposed reforms to the tertiary education system....

Former Greek Consul Katapodis starts teaching at İzmir University
(Turkish Daily News) Feb 26, 2008
Identifying himself as "İzmirli" (resident of İzmir) Katapodis explains why he started lecturing at the Economy University...

Germany's Greek Community Faces School Dilemma
(Deutsche Welle) Feb 16, 2008
A recent proposal to set up Turkish-medium schools in Germany was strongly criticized by politicians. The response ignores the fact that one immigrant group in Germany, the Greeks, has for decades had its own schools....

Professor finds link between Greece and Boston College
(The Heights, MA) Jan 28, 2008
When Dia Philippides discusses her work, both at Boston College and beyond, her face lights up. It is not a secret that she loves what she does. As a student, Philippides first came to BC to pursue two master's degrees in classical studies after attending...

Greek Academy in Harare
Jan 22, 2008
The newly built Hellenic Academy complex has begun partial operation in Harare, Zimbabwe, opening its doors for 76 high school students attending the first grade....

New rules for exam cheats at university
(eKathimerini) Jan 19, 2008
A new set of regulations for Greek universities and technical colleges that will bring a standard code of conduct on issues ranging from cheating in exams to how a library should work has been drawn up and is ready to be unveiled....

Students and teachers protest for education reform
Nov 01, 2007
Universities remained shut throughout Greece on Thursday as thousands of students and teachers took to the streets to press the government for education reforms....

Sorbonne eyes expansion to Greece
Oct 23, 2007
Internationally acclaimed Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) University on Monday unveiled plans to offer courses that will be taught in Greece rather than at the university's campus in Paris....

Arsakeio opens school in Tirana
Oct 13, 2007
Greece's Education Minister Evripidis Stylianidis attended the inauguration of new school grounds belonging to the private Greek-Albanian school operated in Tirana by the Greek "Arsakeio" chain of schools...

Greece amends school history book after complaints from church, academics
Aug 03, 2007
Greece's Education Ministry announced changes Thursday to a sixth-grade history book following complaints by Greece's Orthodox Church and academics regarding Greece's historic rivalry with Turkey....