Israel Reforms Eroding Once Great Universities Although Israeli universities rank as the fourth best in the world – according to the number of citations in leading scientific journals — budget cuts and a cadre of emigrating academics means once-great universities are now living on borrowed…
Regional French Business School Looks to Open Campus in Region ESC Lille School of Management plans to open a campus in the Gulf region within the next two years. The Financial Times reports that the school is currently considering sites in Bahrain, Qatar or the…
Israel Parliament Approves Opening of Groundbreaking Academy Promoting Arabic Language Legislation was passed in March that will allow for the establishment of the first Arabic-language academy in Israel. After months of debate, the Knesset passed a law which is being billed as the first outside…
Egypt Scottish University Establishes Nursing College Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh revealed in March it had signed a deal to create a new nursing faculty at the British University of Egypt in Cairo. The university has already worked in Saudi Arabia with businesses and the…
Iraq American University of Iraq Planned The New York Times reports that plans and preparations for an American University of Iraq, modeled after the famous private universities in Cairo and Beirut, are well advanced. Already, a board of trustees is in place; a business plan…