Politics
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News & Reports
Student Union Elections Canceled in Egyptian Universities
Government officials say student elections can’t be held due to a legal technicality. Students say that is outrageous.
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Opinion
Tunisia’s Student Unions Should Stay Out of Politics
Tunisian student unions need to fight for on-campus freedoms of their members and avoid national politics, the author argues.
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Opinion
The Stupor of Rhinos and the Emigration of Birds
Some of the best Egyptian minds are fleeing the country at a time when the country needs them most, the…
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News & Reports
The Man in Cairo University’s Hot Seat
The president of one of the largest universities in the world came into power during one of the institution’s most…
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Opinion
Don’t Let Egyptian University Appointments Become a Political Game
Egyptian President's plans to appoint university heads is a total abuse of the constitution, the author argues.
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News & Reports
Egyptian President to Appoint Key University Administrators
The new Egyptian leader is going to make even more academic appointments than former president Hosni Mubarak did.
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Opinion
“The Greatest Adventure the Arab World Has Experienced”
At the American University of Beirut’s graduation, Rami Khouri, journalist and academic, spoke stirringly about what has happened in the…
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News & Reports
‘Education for All’: Not Happening Yet
Almost 15 years ago educators set six goals for universal education. Progress has been slow.
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Opinion
A Conversation with the Iraqi Minister of Higher Education
Iraq’s security problems are not preventing it from establishing new universities and ending “mandatory ignorance,” said the Iraqi higher-education minister.
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Opinion
Is Education a Right?
While policymakers like to make grand statements about everyone having educational access, it rarely happens even in rich countries.
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