Educational institutions in Jordan will be working with the Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund to help threatened Iraqi scholars. To read the full story, click here.
An article published in the Yemen Observer in August reports on a new study that examines the need for education reform at all levels in Yemen. To read the full article, click here.
The Washington Institue for Near East Policy issued the following report in June:
“Studying the American Way: An Assessment of American-Style Higher Education in Arab Countries”
by Dr. Shafeeq Ghabra with Margreet Arnold.
Dr. Ghabra is the former president of the American University of Kuwait.
To view the report, click here.
Dr. Ahmed Majdoubeh, Director of the Office of International Relations at the University of Jordan, contributed the following opinion piece to The Jordan Times on July 20, 2007. Dr. Majdoubeh argues that Jordan’s education system must transform from one that still emphasizes rote learning to a system that prioritizes the development of students’ critical thinking skills.