Saudi Arabia International Scholarship Scheme Extended to 2020 Originally slated to last just five years, form 2005 to 2010, the King Abdullah Scholarship Program, it was announced earlier this year, will run at least until 2020, extending it well beyond 2012 – the date the…
Regional Arab University Ranking System Needed The Arab world needs a ranking and classification system for its universities to promote academic mobility and international collaborations, a pilot study covering seven countries concludes. Because a regional classification and assessment of higher education institutions in the Middle…
Regional Even More Branch Campuses The Observatory on International Education, a U.K.-based research organization, released an addendum to its annual report from January, ‘International Branch Campuses: Data and Developments,’ adding to a list of 37 planned campuses that it had identified. Most of these campuses…
Regional Gulf States Plan Regional Quality Assurance Network The Gulf states are planning to set up a network for quality assurance in higher education to reinforce the quality of education and academic accreditation in the region. The network, proposed by Oman, was outlined in a…
Iraq Governments Work on Grants for Iraqis to Study in the U.S. With the withdrawal of American combat troops from Iraq, the U.S. State Department and Iraqi government are beginning to step up efforts to enroll thousands of Iraqi students in American universities. The number…