Regional G8 to Promote Investment in Arab Education Leaders of the G8 nations renewed their commitment to promoting investment in innovation and higher education, and supporting university-industry partnerships across the Middle East and North Africa at a recent meeting in June. The G8 declared that…
Regional Student Protesters in North African Arab States Focus on Reform Students in Egypt are viewing the country’s recent youth-led revolution as a real, and long-awaited opportunity to reform higher education. Across the Middle East, the story is the same: hundreds of thousands of young…
Regional Iran and Other Middle Eastern Nations Show Strong Scientific Research Progress Iran, Tunisia and Turkey are among a number of countries that have significantly increased scientific research in recent years, according to a new report that has identified rapidly emerging nations “not traditionally associated…
Iraq 15 New Universities by 2020 Iraq’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced recently a plan to create 15 new universities by 2020. The expansion plan, announced by Ali Al-Adeeb in February, will complement an existing initiative to improve quality standards at current…
Regional Ministers Agree to Incorporate More Science into Higher Education In January, higher education and science and technology ministers from member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) decided unanimously to make curricula in universities of member states more science-oriented. At the 14th…