Iran Six US University Presidents Visit Iran The presidents of six leading research universities in the United States toured Iran and met with top officials from Iranian universities in November as a delegation organized by the Association of American Universities. According to an AAU news…
Bahrain Online University to Open in 2010 Bahrain will play host to an online university, which plans to offer courses to students from the Middle East and Asia, beginning in 2010. The Asia e-University (AeU) is the result of an agreement signed between the Bahrain…
Bahrain Region’s First Polytechnic Opens The Bahrain Polytechnic began operations in September with an initial enrollment of 240 students, making it the only polytechnic to be established within the Gulf region, according to Eye on Dubai. The new institution is offering a wide selection of…
Iran One Private University Commands 58% of Total Tertiary Enrollments Islamic Azad University, a private university, was established in 1982 to help deal with soaring demand and a chronic lack of capacity in the public higher-education system. In the 26 years since then, Azad has…
Jordan Tertiary Enrollments Quadruple in 17 Years, Labor Market Can’t Keep Up The number of tertiary-level students in Jordan has skyrocketed from approximately 40,000 to 160,000 in 17 years, while the number of universities has increased from four to 26 over the same timeframe. Unfortunately,…