Contributor:
Edward Fox
Conversation With Steven Salaita: A Controversial Scholar Reflects on His Move to Beirut
An American university fired Steven Salaita for anti-Israel tweets. Our writer catches up with him in Lebanon.
UAE Parents Have High Educational Aspirations for Their Children, HSBC Survey Finds
Parents in the United Arab Emirates place strong value in degrees and hope their children will take up science- and math-based professions.
To Make the World a Better Place, Teach Arabic
Learning the Arabic language can play a crucial role in achieving peace.
Lousy Internet Speeds? Not for Researchers in the UAE
The U.A.E.’s high-speed computational network is helping researchers and educators collaborate.
United Arab Emirates’ Experiments with Branch Campuses Have Mixed Results
The UAE is home to the world’s largest collection of branch campuses. But with uneven quality control, interested students would be wise to do thorough research.
Critical Citizenship for Critical Times
The Egyptian political crisis spurred a scholar to reflect on how universities could go beyond teaching critical thinking and toward promoting critical citizenship.
