By Phil Hill. I have previously written a primer on competency-based education (CBE) using SPT Malan’s seminal article as the basis for understanding the key elements. Chris Mallett, formerly associate provost at Western Governors University (WGU) and currently VP for online programs at Northeastern University, has just posted a broader historical survey on CBE that is well worth reading. More...
By . The youth engagement that was evident in the protest movements that sprang up across the Middle East in 2011 has subsided into a sense of powerlessness, a new regional research report has found. More...
By . At eight o’clock in the morning, modestly dressed in a white jilbab and headscarf, 26-year-old Alaa Nasr leaves her cell in Qanatir Women’s Prison, north of Cairo, with four of her fellow prisoners. They head to a police station an hour and a half away to sit for their university exams. More...
By . The journey to completing higher education does not seem possible for many students with disabilities in Egypt. Many of those students face increasing challenges, including university facilities that cannot accommodate them, the lack of the necessary educational preparation, and laws that limit their educational and employment opportunities. More...
By . In March of this year, the Syrian army retook Palmyra, once dubbed the “Bride of the Desert,” ending nearly a year of occupation and destruction by the Islamic State. More...
By . A conference on “The Civic Role of Arab Universities,” held April 21-April 22 by the Lebanese Association for Educational Studies (LAES) in collaboration with the Issam Fares Institute for Public and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB), helped ground that critique in a real-world perspective. More...
By . A billionaire Emirati industrialist started the region’s largest scholarship fund last week. Abdulla Al Ghurair—who made his fortune in iron, steel and banking—has set aside a third of his family’s wealth to get tens of thousands of Arab students enrolled in universities to get science and engineering degrees. The Abdulla al Ghurair Foundation for Education has an initial budget of $1.14 billion for the next ten years, which the foundation’s chief operating officer Maysa Jalbout says will allow 15,000 underprivileged Arab students to go to university. More...
By . The New York Institute of Technology does not, despite its name, bind its identity to the famous American state. With a significant presence in Abu Dhabi and six other foreign countries, it views itself as an international institution that has transcended the branch-campus model. More...
By . Back in 2003, Adel Sharif began working on an idea to change the way salt is extracted out of seawater to supply fresh water. Instead of pushing it through a membrane, which catches the salty compounds, he thought about pulling it. More...
By . Say it quietly, but evolutionary research does takes place in the Arab world. The subject is highly sensitive, rejected by many officials and religious scholars for its perceived atheism. Yet with the right backing and the right connections it can be undertaken, even in the religiously conservative Gulf states. More...
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