Quality Control
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Kuwait University’s Decline in QS Rankings Stirs Heated Debate on Campus
Kuwait University’s place in the QS World University Rankings has been slipping in recent years. Academics differ on whether this…
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QS Higher Education Summit Gathers Middle Eastern and African Leaders to Discuss Innovation Prospects
The 2022 QS Higher Education Summit: the Middle East and North Africa will bring together university and business leaders to…
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Al-Fanar Media and QS University Rankings Announce a Media Partnership Serving Arab Universities and Students
Through a new media partnership with QS World University Rankings, Al-Fanar Media will help Arab students explore the best universities…
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European-Kurdish Cooperation in University Reform Is Seen as a Model for Iraq
APPRAIS, a three-year European-Kurdish capacity-building programme, is designed to help Iraqi Kurdish universities modernise and improve their governance, and aims…
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Opinion
Trying to Measure Arab Research Quality in a Western-Dominated System
New indexes seek to compensate for the lack of visibility of Arab academic research under a classification system dominated by…
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Mohamed Zairi, Quality Management Expert, Dies at Age 65
The Algerian-born scholar Mohamed Zairi designed quality management systems for governments, schools and other organisations around the world.
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Libya Moves to Regulate Private Universities and Confront Fake Degrees
Amid a surge in the number of private universities, Libya is taking steps to ensure education quality and to crack…
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Jordan Looks to International Rankings to Improve Universities
The kingdom signed agreements with two producers of international rankings, Times Higher Education and QS, as part of an effort…
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Libya Closes 20 Private Universities and Colleges
The Libyan Ministry of Higher Education cited poor academic performance at the institutions, but students say the decision is unfair.
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Egypt’s Universities Adopt Academic Credit-Hour System
Moving to the credit-hour system should help cut the state's higher-education costs, officials say, but some academics fear a lowering…
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