Iraq Higher Education Reforms in the Works According to plans announced by the government in October, Iraq plans to rebuild its higher education system by giving financial and administrative independence to universities, establishing specialized institutions and allowing foreign universities to open branches in the country….
Regional Europe Expands Regional Mobility Program to Include Students from Middle East The European Commission announced in September that it will allocate 66 million euro (US$90 million) to extending its Erasmus Mundus higher education mobility and collaboration program to support European Neighbourhood countries, in response…
Regional Universities from Region Perform Well in New Shanghai Ranking While the top-ranked institutions in the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities remained largely in place, there was a fair degree of shuffling lower down in the tables, with universities from the Middle East faring…
Egypt Egyptian Higher Education as a Model for Africa and Middle East According to Dr Alaa Ibrahim of the American University in Cairo, higher education in Egypt is set to become a model for Africa and the Middle East as a result of the popular…
Kazakhstan Kazakh Schools Getting A Kazakh Facelift Many Russian-language schools in Kazakhstan are being turned into Kazakh-language schools for the new academic year beginning on September 1. It’s all part of what can be called the “Kazakh-ification” of a nation seeking to restore its national…