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Anna, a photography major at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (OSUIT) had always been interested...

Growing up in a small town in the mountainous region of Baltistan, Pakistan Aniqa has first-hand knowledge of the many barriers to higher education . “Many secondary...

Posted on March 18, 2013 - in Higher Education Development, Education
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Dr. Randy Malamud, left, wrote about his experience meeting with and training Ir

IREX congratulates educator Randy Malamud for his...

Posted on January 17, 2013 - Lori Mason in Higher Education Development, Education, Youth
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Recently, IREX met with over thirty multinational and local companies operating in Iraq to gauge their needs and solicit their suggestions for reforming higher education. Here is what we heard:

Randy Malamud

The cities of Atlanta and Baghdad may seem worlds away from each other, but a partnership between the University of...

Iraq University Linkages Program participants

Emerging from over a decade of war, young people across Iraq are renewing their aspirations for their own futures and the future of their country. In August, a brave group of Iraqi undergraduates...

Posted on September 27, 2012 - in Higher Education Development, Education
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Noela Jonathan

When Noela Jonathan asks the Tanzanian government for a shilling, she considers herself lucky to get just half. Such is life at public universities across Tanzania, where an already cash-tight...

Posted on July 31, 2012 - in Higher Education Development, Education
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IREX paired faculty from US and Iraqi Universities to help improve teaching, amo

To improve teaching and strengthen the universities' capacity to provide youth the skills needed in today's workforce, IREX paired three prestigious US universities with three in Iraq. Together...

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An Iraqi man uses a computer.

Every year, nearly 2000 students graduate from the University of Technology (UT) in Baghdad with practical degrees in engineering and applied science. Yet many Iraqi graduates, doubly affected by...