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News & Reports
Turkey’s Foundation Universities: Model for the Region?
Wealthy business leaders in Turkey have, for decades now, poured much of their money into cultural foundations that have also…
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Is the Arab World Ready for More Investigative Journalism?
Arab professors discussed integrating investigative journalism into their courses at a workshop in Jordan.
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Opinion
A Conversation With the Head of the Higher Arab Institute of Translation
Arabic should be the main teaching language in the region but needs to be modernized, says Inam Bioud.
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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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Opinion
A Conversation with the Head of the Association of Arab Universities
Sultan Abu-Orabi, secretary general of a higher-education association, talks about the region’s challenges and opportunities.
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Opinion
A Costly “Free” Education
The tale of Ismail, a medical student who gradually discovers the many expenses that come with his state-funded education.
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Employment in the Gulf: Not Always What it Seems
Arab and Western academics alike flock to the Gulf, but don't always get as much money as they expect.
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A Qatari Teaching Center Lifts up Low-Performing Schools
A Qatari teaching center helps instructors learn techniques that involve more active learning, heading off classroom-management problems.
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Opinion
The Academic Corruption of Journalism
Belal Fadl, the Egyptian writer, recalls an interview he once had with Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, one of the most prominent…
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Zig-Zagging Education Policies Leave Qatari Students Behind
Despite 12 years of education reform, Qatar's young people are performing poorly on standardized tests and spending years in remedial…
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