By Matthew Reisz. Universities across the world have joined forces in offering hope to those facing persecution and even death. More...
By . Student protests in Sudan usually centre on politics. But something different is driving protests at the country’s historic University of Khartoum in 2016: architecture and heritage. More...
By Scott McLemee. Three months ago, Inside Higher Ed reported that the body of Giulio Regeni -- a Ph.D. student at the University of Cambridge and a visiting scholar at the American University in Cairo who disappeared on Jan. 25 -- had been found on a roadside in Egypt with cigarette burns and knife wounds indicative of torture. Read more...
Par Institut Montaigne. Le FMI a publié ce lundi 25 avril les perspectives économiques régionales pour le Moyen-Orient, l’Afrique du Nord, l’Afghanistan et le Pakistan. Avec un constat principal : les économies du Moyen-Orient doivent faire les réformes nécessaires pour s’adapter à un cours du pétrole faible, puisque celui-ci devrait persister sur le moyen-long terme. Voir l'article...
Le marché du travail égyptien a connu, au cours des deux dernières décennies, des mutations importantes que les revendications sociales de la révolution de janvier 2011 ont mises au jour. Parmi elles, le manque de sécurité des emplois et la faible couverture sociale qui leur est associée ont été particulièrement dénoncés. Voir l'article...
Damascus University recently issued its first digitally enhanced diplomas, part of an initiative to combat the use of forged diplomas by students wanting to claim they graduated from the country’s oldest institution of higher education, writes Riham Alkousaa for Al-Fanar. Read more...
The Council for Higher Education announced on Monday that for the first time Israeli higher academic institutions will be able to provide online courses to millions of students worldwide. More...
The lack of government financial support to public universities is to blame for the high costs of higher education in Jordan, according to experts. More...
In an effort to further simplify procedures and bring about 100 percent literacy, universities and centers of higher education in the GCC countries have decided to have a uniform admission process.
A decision in this regard was taken during an extraordinary meeting of the committee on deans of admission and registration at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh on Thursday. More...
This issue is fully devoted to the presentation of IAU projects and initiatives. It focuses specifically on the preparations for the IAU 15th General Conference; provides a full report of the outcomes of the IAU 2015 International Conference and details results and opportunities linked to the IAU key thematic priorities of work. As well please read about the new Members welcomed since October ; read the papers selected for two dossiers, one on The blurring divide between public and private higher education: where does it lead?, with papers from Pakistan, France, Saudi Arabia and the US and the second on the initiatives developed to assist Refugees wishing to integrate higher education. IAU Horizons, vol.21, no.3.
Blurring Lines between Public and Private Higher Education Institutions – The Case of the Arab World
Current trends show dramatic changes in the landscape of higher education. The expansion of private universities and the tendency, due to cuts in government financing, to privatize public ones have led to unprecedented confusion, blurring the dynamic of private-public higher education relations. The situation in the Arab World is no exception. More in IAU Horizons, vol.21, no.3.
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