Regional Free Ivy League Education – Now in Arabic Courses from the world’s top universities, including Stanford and Duke, will soon be available free in Arabic thanks to an initiative involving hundreds of volunteers from the United Arab Emirates. Coursera, an online education company launched…
Kuwait Canadian College to Operate Campus in Kuwait Ottawa-based Algonquin College already has programs and campuses in India, Montenegro, China and Saudi Arabia, and as of next year it will have one in Kuwait. The 140,000-square-foot campus is currently under construction in Kuwait City. It…
Egypt Reform Initiative Calls for 60 New Universities in a Decade Under a 10-year higher education reform plan recently launched by the Egyptian government, 60 new universities would be created in the country by 2023, under an overarching goal of reforming higher education and promoting…
Regional Education Diplomacy with the Middle East a Must for the U.S. The idea of “education diplomacy” has “really arrived” at the highest levels of American foreign policy, a US State Department official told an international higher education conference in February. Meghann Curtis, Deputy Assistant…
Egypt Facing Deteriorating Facilities, Egyptians Look Abroad for Study Options As Egypt’s tumultuous transition period approaches a new crossroad, the country faces a deepening education crisis that threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of students behind their international counterparts. Schools have repeatedly been forced to…