Iran IMF: ‘Brain Drain’ Costly The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded, after surveying more than 60 countries, that Iran has the highest rate of “brain drain” among 61 developing and less developed countries. The IMF says more than 150,000 educated Iranians leave their home…
Regional Pan-Arab Education Reform At a recent summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a body that links six oil-rich Arab monarchies, Saudi Arabia’s rulers joined in a common pledge to reform religious education across the region. The Shura Council — the Saudi Parliament whose members…
Regional Fewer Arab Students Seek U.S. Schools Tougher visa policies and the threat of discrimination are prompting many Arab students to shun U.S. universities in favor of those in Europe and Canada. In many cases, visas are not being issued until after the start of…
Regional UKeU Pursuing Middle-Eastern Students UK eUniversities Worldwide (UKeU), a company owned by British universities that provides online degree programs set up by its shareholders, (see January/February issue WENR) signed partnership agreements with four institutions of higher learning in the region. The Higher Colleges of…
Iraq U.S. Schools Given Lead in ‘Modernizing’ Iraqi Higher Education U.S. universities will lead the effort of rebuilding Iraq’s war-torn higher-education sector. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in June asked U.S.-accredited institutions of higher education to submit bids for a US$30 million scheme…