Iraq Students Leaving En Masse for Britain On the day that British troops formally ended their mission in Iraq, that country’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, announced that 500 Iraqi students will this year be coming to study at Britain’s universities and colleges under a new…
Regional Report on International Branch Campuses Issues Warnings and Suggestions A new statement issued by two university groups warns that the growing trend of North American colleges creating branch campuses abroad threatens the quality of higher education at home, while also undercutting the rights of…
Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional US Students in Middle East Remain a Rarity Despite a continued increase in enrollment in Middle East studies and Arabic-language programs at U.S. universities, the number of American…
Iran China Opens Confucius Institute China has opened its first Confucius Institute in Iran at the University of Tehran. The global network of institutes has been established to promote Chinese culture and support the teaching of Chinese locally. Confucius Institutes already exist in 78 countries…
Iran Government Plans to Allow Foreign Universities The Iranian government is planning to allow foreign universities to establish branch campuses in the country, an official has revealed. Arsalan Qorbani, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology, said that a committee has been formed to…