By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews Scores of countries, regions and cities around the world have established or declared their intentions to establish themselves as regional or global education hubs. Typically sponsored and subsidized (to varying degrees) by local governments, the goal…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews Since gaining independence from the British in 1971, Qatar has grown from being one of the poorer countries in the Persian Gulf to achieving the highest level of per capita income in the world (by a…
By WES Staff CLICK HERE FOR OUR LATEST PROFILE ON EDUCATION IN SAUDI ARABIA What follows is a quick primer on the academic systems of three states in the Persian Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. While education authorities in these states…
By Michelle Pollock, WES Project Coordinator, Middle East As students from the Middle East travel to the United States to enhance person-to-person diplomacy through educational exchange, American universities are in turn moving east to develop academic ties and establish branch campuses in the Arabian Gulf….