Drive to Enhance Research and Higher Education in Algeria

Algeria has become increasingly concerned about the quality of its higher education system and scientific research. An article in University World News by Laeed Zaghlami notes that this is partly the result of the country’s poor performance in global university rankings. In last year’s Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings there was only one Algerian institution, the University of Tlemcen, which failed to break through into the top 800. More...