Fewer Arab Students Head for the United States
The Trump travel ban and cuts to a major Saudi scholarship program are among causes of the decline.
Saudi Students Are Caught in a Diplomatic Row
Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic row with Canada has upended the future of thousands of Saudi students at Canadian universities, forcing them to leave the country just before the new semester starts.
The Quest to Build the Arab Region’s First Atomic Clock
A Tunisian researcher wants to be the first in his continent to measure time with atomic precision.
A Student’s Primer on Accreditation
Accreditation is a puzzling term to many, but it can have a critical, lifelong affect on the choices students seeking a higher education make.
NYU Department Cuts Ties With Abu Dhabi Campus
The department is protesting the Emirates’ denial of visas for two professors and calling on NYU’s president to lobby the U.A.E.’s government to change its visa policies.
Arrested Saudi Prince Has Been a Major Academic Donor
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has supported centers at some of the world’s best-known universities. Now he is under house arrest.
What International Higher Education is Missing: Refugees
To fully embrace a global approach, universities must include the education of refugees and displaced people, says the managing editor of Al-Fanar Media.
UAE Jails Economist: The Silence is Deafening
A court has sentenced economist and human rights advocate, Nasser Bin Ghaith, to ten years in jail over his Tweets. The “bubble universities” are quiet.
Ambitious But Secretive Arab Education Provider: Iran
Iranian universities are reaching out to the Arab world but are silent about their motives, creating suspicion in many quarters.
The End of Sanctions Opens Iran’s Academic Gates
Iran is expanding its higher-education connections internationally, although it faces reticence in the Arab world.
