Iran University Extends Invitation to Bush An Iranian university invited US President George W. Bush to talk on campus, a week after his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was given a frosty reception at New York’s Columbia University. The head of Ferdowsi University in Iran’s second…
Jordan US Pledges $30 Billion to Educate Iraqi Refugees in Jordan and other Neighboring Countries The top U.S. envoy on refugees announced in late August that the United States will increase its support to countries hosting Iraqi refugees with a US$30 million grant for education….
Regional Students from the Region Increasingly Studying in New Zealand and Australia Universities in New Zealand and Australia are recruiting students from the Middle East much more aggressively than in the past, and judging from enrollment numbers, their efforts are paying dividends, especially as those…
Belarus Expelled Belarusian Students to Study in Poland The coordinator of the Belarusian opposition’s committee for support of political victims, Ala Karol, told the Belapan news agency on August 6 that 44 students who were expelled from Belarusian universities will be provided with training under…
Regional GEMS Founder to Develop New International Chain of Schools Two of the world’s leading education entrepreneurs are to partner in building 60 multimillion-dollar, high-end international schools in big cities across the world that will cater to the children of bankers, diplomats and executives who…