By Motiaa Hallak. Kamal, a 20-year-old Syrian living here, is not afraid of failing the exams that could determine where, and if he might go to university. He has been studying hard and feels well prepared for the exams. But he fears that any certificate granted by the interim Syrian government in exile would be unrecognizable in the country where he is living. More...
By Khalid Aitnasser. Abdel Raheem Talby, a 23-year-old student of social sciences at Ibn Zuhr University, in Southern Morocco, has more to worry about than his grades and his exams. More...
By Abdel Moneim Alaghima, John Dyer. Libyan government scholarship payments to universities and professional training courses around the world have always been spotty. Last month, the Libyan government released funding for the 2014-2015 academic year — ending months of fretting by students struggling to make ends meet and pay tuition to receive credit for their studies. More...
By Tarek Abd El-Galil. Post-graduate studies at Egypt’s public universities suffer from difficulties in conducting research and are tainted by high incidences of plagiarism and corruption, including mild forms of extortion, students say. More...
By Benjamin Plackett. “Food security” is the term that researchers began using in the late 1990s as they shifted their focus from stopping famines to studying the long-term ability of families or countries to have an adequate food supply. Interest in the field increased after the 2008 global spike in food prices, due to a variety of factors ranging from changing diets to rising energy costs. More...
By Benjamin Plackett. The next leader of the American University of Beirut will move across an ocean to take up his post in September, exchanging the sprawling Atlanta for the relatively compact Beirut. More...
By Benjamin Plackett. The freedom of Arab academics to think and express themselves is threatened, a situation they share with many African and Asian colleagues. But the United States, Australia and Japan have also witnessed encroachment on academic freedom in recent years. More...
From the Associated Press. Arkansas education officials say there’s a push among colleges around the state to boost online offerings as a way to help improve graduation rates. More...
By Andrew Barbour. To protect their networks and serve campus constituents effectively, IT departments are considering mobile strategies that encompass both devices AND the apps they run. More...
By Heather Coit. Two years ago, Thomas Reese was a University of Illinois student learning Chinese. He figured there had to be a more effective way to pick up a new language than by using flashcards. More...
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