By . Ninety-five percent of Egyptian students are reluctant to participate in activities organized by Egyptian universities, according to a new study by Assiut University. More...
Researchers’ Recycled Water Meets Farmers’ Suspicion
By . A host of Arab scientists are working to increase water supplies in a water-starved region. They’ve found a logistically straightforward solution, which Oman, for example, is willing to support financially. But it won’t work unless farmers and other residents can be convinced to stay open minded. More...
Egyptian Researchers Seek to Reduce Aircraft Pollution
By . Researchers at the National Research Center’s Department of Chemical Engineering, for example, have managed to produce a biofuel sturdy enough for aircraft by recycling cooking oils and combining them with the oil of Jatropha seeds, a plant watered by sewage in the desert. More...
Scholar Sees Power Shift From Governments to Communities
By . The new political forces that are coming into view in shattered countries like Syria and Iraq are not necessarily the ones Westerners expect to see, says Imad Salamey, associate professor of political science at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. More...
Egypt Debates Introducing Electronic Textbooks
By . The rising cost of printing school textbooks has provoked a debate in Egypt about proposals to replace printed textbooks with digital texts. More...
Global EdTech Census launched at ASU+GSV
Navitas Ventures launches the Global EdTech Census at 2017 ASU+GSV Summit to map the global education innovation and technology landscape. More...
Colleges, universities now have tech to automatically make course content accessible
Major company's accessibility solution now available to assist instructors and institutions in increasing the accessibility of online course content. More...
University partners with local firm to launch university-based startups
Attorneys partner with UC Berkeley to offer free legal services, mentorship to startup companies to prepare them to launch and grow their businesses. More...
3 questions all campus leaders should be able to answer
By Jack Neill. The questions today's campus leaders should be asking and answering…and what institutional analytics can answer. More...
3 campus security musts for summer kick off
By Lysa Myers. How colleges and universities can fiercely guard their student and campus information. More...