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Covid-19 School Closures Could Cost $17 Trillion in Lost Earnings, Report Says
Students hit by Covid-19 school closures face $17 trillion loss in lifetime earnings, says a new report from the World…
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High Cost of Private Schools Increases Inequality, Unesco Warns
In its latest Global Education Monitoring Report, the U.N. agency calls for greater oversight of private schools to ensure quality…
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Sharjah Researchers Look to Blockchain Technology to Fight Degree Fraud
University of Sharjah researchers and a Swiss association cooperate on research to develop a system using blockchain technology to verify…
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‘University for Seniors’: AUB Programme Helps Older Adults Stay Engaged
Participants over age 50 in the University for Seniors programme at the American University of Beirut are delighted to be…
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Technology Is on the Rise but Won’t Replace Teachers, Experts Say
World Teachers’ Day prompted experts to assess the ways teaching has changed over the past year, and what needs to…
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Libya Lets Universities Reopen Based on Their Covid-19 Preparedness
Libya’s new assessment system gauges how well colleges can protect against Covid-19 before they are allowed to resume in-class teaching.
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A Bootcamp in Jordan Helps Young Refugees Find Careers in IT
RebootKamp’s “durable skills accelerator program” has helped 400 Jordanian youth, most of them refugees, learn high-demand skills.
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Narimane Hadj-Hamou: A Pioneer of Distance Learning in the Arab World
The founder of a center dedicated to training academics in advanced teaching methods says the role of the university is…
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One Year After the Beirut Blast, Technology Keeps Memories Fresh
Mobile-phone technology connected Beirutis to the world in the aftermath of the devastating explosion. It also helps keep memories fresh.
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Morocco’s First Online University TV Channel Offers Training Opportunities
The online TV channel at Ibn Zohr University is an outlet for providing lessons, spreading university news, and training media…
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