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Libyan Higher Education Minister Has High Aims but Scant Funds
Omran Al-Qeeb is striving to rebuild and improve Libya's universities and research institutions. Lack of financial resources is the biggest…
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AUC Provost Welcomes Getting Back to ‘Normal’ and New Leadership
As the American University in Cairo reopens classrooms and prepares to install a new president, its provost discusses the changes…
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Crisis Puts Lebanon’s University Hospitals at Risk of Forced Shutdowns
Lebanon’s university hospitals have been hard hit by the country’s economic crisis, leading to a decline in health services and…
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Egypt’s New Innovators Support Fund Gives Young Inventors a Boost
The new Innovators Support Fund offers financial and practical assistance to talented young people with ideas for inventions and innovations.
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Admissions Crisis in Kuwait Heightens Calls for a New Public University
Pinched by budget cuts, Kuwait University is admitting fewer students. The decision adds urgency to the debate over how to…
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Students Sue 2 Lebanese Universities Over Tuition Hike Amid Crisis
A new dollar peg for tuition at the American University of Beirut and the Lebanese American University made the cost…
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Are U.S. Branch Campuses Paying Off for Gulf States? Study Says No
A recent study concluded that American branch campuses cost Gulf countries more than they get in return. But some scholars…
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Salim Chahine: A Finance Professor Is Honored for Work Bridging Academia and the Corporate World
Salim Chahine, a professor at the American University of Beirut and a senior official at Lebanon's central bank, is among…
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Hard-Hit by Lebanon’s Crisis, Some Professors Feel Exploited
Many Lebanese professors work on hourly, part-time contracts with no benefits and little chance of promotion, while their salaries plunge…
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Tunisian University Instructors Complain of Exploitation
Private universities offer almost the only chance of jobs, but instructors say their conditions of employment are precarious.
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