Send in the Professors: resurrecting Iraq’s once preeminent system of higher education
April 8, 2010 in News and Updates
April 8, 2010 Op-Ed Contributor to the NY Times, Karim Altaii, President of the Iraqi-American Higher Education Foundation, Professor of Engineering, James Madison University, VA
The author recalls his early education inIraq, and the pervasive commitment of his family and country to education. He recounts that Iraq once boasted one of the most advanced systems of higher education in the Middle East. He cites that the system now lies in shambles, and calls forIraq and theUS to follow their 2008 Strategic Framework Agreement, “to promote and facilitate cooperation and coordination in the field of higher education and scientific research.”