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News & Reports
In Oman, Female Graduates Compete with Expatriates
The Gulf country’s policy of promoting women’s education is now clashing with labor laws.
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Opinion
A Conversation With Tunisia’s New Higher-Education Minister
In a frank, wide-ranging interview, Tawfik Jelassi talks about the country’s efforts to improve its universities.
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A Step Toward Employment: Career Centers
Some universities are helping students think about their future jobs and learn the skills they need to get them.
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An Egyptian Nursing Institute Redefines the Profession
A small school seeks to create nurses who are leaders and thinkers and improve attitudes about those who do much…
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Gulf Faces Personnel Shortages in Education and Healthcare
The demand for professors, nurses and similar occupations is rapidly outstripping the supply in the region.
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Tips & Resources
An Arab “Learning Barometer” Sounds an Alarm
A report and an accompanying interactive tool reveal the lack of basic education in much of the Arab world.
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Women In the Gulf: Better Educated But Less Employed
Gulf women continue to graduate from universities at higher rates than men, but they are more likely to wind up…
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Gulf Students Say Their Education Needs Improvement
A 2013 survey of students in four Gulf countries shows they are still struggling to prepare students for universities and…
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Tips & Resources
Vocational Education Thrives in Palestine
Palestine suffers from high unemployment, but one of the bright spots in the job market is for graduates of vocational…
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Morocco’s Mismatch Between Graduates And Jobs
Morocco's higher-education system is bogged down in inefficiency that produces graduates who can't find employment, analysts say.
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