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| Worldview 11/19/2009 |
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| Our series on Higher Education in the Middle East continues with a look at how Qatar wooed big-name Western universities to its "Education City" with hopes of creating an education-based economy. Northwestern University opened NU-Qatar in 2008. Also, we'll hear about the American University of Beirut (AUB), founded in the 19th century, it's the oldest American-run school in the region. |
| Worldview 11/18/2009 |
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| For decades, the only way to get a college degree in Syria was to leave the country or attend a state-run institution. Now, for-profit private schools are changing the educational landscape of this socialist state. Later we hear a story about a Vietnamese marriage broker, who matches Korean men with Vietnamese brides. And, on our Global Notes segment, Jerome and Tony listen to Portland-based group, Vagabond Opera. |
| Worldview 11/17/2009 |
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| Jerome talks with Rodolfo Pastor, the ousted Minister of Culture from Honduras. Also, we continue our series on higher education in the Middle East. In September, Saudi Arabia inaugurated King Abdullah Science and Technology University, its first fully integrated coed university. We find out what the new school means for the kingdom’s future and how coed education might shake up gender norms. |
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