Universities Seek to Build Life-Long Networks
Alumni relations, both as a first step to fundraising and a tool to keep universities broadly connected, is growing more sophisticated.
What Should Graduates Know?
Students need to learn facts and how to think. A key debate is how much time schools and universities should spend on each one of those.
Qatari Education Report Praises Independent Schools
A recent survey finds state-owned but independent Qatari schools, somewhat similar to “charter schools” elsewhere, to be cheaper and better than their peers.
Applicants Needed for Education-Journalism Program
Al-Fanar Media is seeking 60 early and mid-career journalists to participate in a program aimed at improving education journalism in the Arab world.
For Social Scientists in Qatar, Context is Key
Social scientists working in the Gulf country are learning to adopt their research to the local culture.
Employment in the Gulf: Not Always What it Seems
Arab and Western academics alike flock to the Gulf, but don’t always get as much money as they expect.
A Qatari Teaching Center Lifts up Low-Performing Schools
A Qatari teaching center helps instructors learn techniques that involve more active learning, heading off classroom-management problems.
American Publication Plans University Rankings for MENA
The U.S. News & World Report hopes to have a university rankings guide for Arab countries within three years, with the support of the Qatar Foundation.
Experts Reconsider Education at a Doha Conference
Speakers at the fifth annual World Innovation Summit for Education discussed the classroom experience as part of a lifelong path.
Zig-Zagging Education Policies Leave Qatari Students Behind
Despite 12 years of education reform, Qatar’s young people are performing poorly on standardized tests and spending years in remedial programs.
