A Student’s Primer on Accreditation
Accreditation is a puzzling term to many, but it can have a critical, lifelong affect on the choices students seeking a higher education make.
2017: The Arab World in Books
A sampling of literary and scholarly works from across the region that we have enjoyed over the past year.
Research Results Are Increasingly Available For Free
A movement to make the fruits of research available without charge has helped students and faculty members gain access to an increasing number of academic articles.
In Malnutrition’s Aftermath, Researchers See a Hidden Crisis—Education
Millions of malnourished children are at risk of problems in their cognitive development, say experts.
New Insights On the Arab World: 2016 Books
Ursula Lindsey offers up a cornucopia of fiction and nonfiction in Arabic, English and French for an intellectual feast.
Five Years After the Arab Spring, Report Warns of New Uprising
With two thirds of the Arab population under 30, a United Nations agency makes an urgent call for economic and political reform.
New Report Strikes an Optimistic Note on Arab Education
The U.K.-based Commonwealth Secretariat ranks Arab countries as doing fairly well on Arab educational development, compared to their international peers.
A Peek Inside Mauritanian Higher Education
Mauritania’s minister of higher education gives a glimpse of that country’s educational challenges, and how it is trying to meet them.
Mauritanian TV Hopes to Make Up for the Scarcity of Professors
Mauritania is starting a television channel aimed at university students early next year.
English is All the Rage in Mauritania
Young people in the former French colony are flocking to learn English, hoping it will get them jobs.
