To Teach Students to Learn, Teach Philosophy
Jordanian academics want to reintroduce the teaching of philosophy in schools and universities. They have good reason.
Host-Country Universities Must Evolve To Help Refugees
Change in curriculum and ways of delivering education are the key to helping Syrian students succeed and will ultimately help all students.
You Can Combine Motherhood and Study
A Ph.D. candidate and mother of two young children says reaching her academic goal has been difficult but it can be done.
Three Different Academic Experiences: Which Is the Best?
The writer compares her experience of three different academic systems in three different countries.
How Plans Work In Real Life
Finding a mission in life is the result of hard work, not chance.
Funds Cut for Prominent Arabic Language Program
The U.S. government has slashed support for the Center for Arabic Studies Abroad, a renowned Arabic program that provides language training in the Arab world for foreigners.
Save Jordan from a Curriculum That Promotes Division and Ignorance
In an open appeal to the Jordanian King, the writer explains the importance of reviewing the curriculum in the Kingdom, which is full of exclusionary ideology.
2016 Prediction: Individuals Not Governments Spur Educational Change
With the chances low for real change in educational policies in the region, the author believes informal initiatives may make an important difference.
To Get Rid of Extremism in Egyptian Education, Understand Its Roots
Only after exploring the long history of religious involvement in education can policymakers understand how to root extremism out, the author argues.
A New Network To Support Better General Education
Leaders of the effort to improve courses that are designed to create more broadly educated students are meeting in Doha this week to form a new regional collaboration.
