EGYPT PRIVATE UNIVERSITY BOOM HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Cairo THE EGYPTIAN government has passed new compulsory standards for its country's booming private university sector, because teaching quality at the eight independent universities established in Egypt in the past decade has sometimes been poor. With so many new institutions chasing a quick buck, teaching and facilities has been unreliable, Professor Farag Elkamel, Dean of Mass Communications at the Al-Ahram Canadian University (ACU) told the Times Higher Education Supplement. "There are many ways private universities skim on quality. ...


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