IIENETWORKER MAGAZINE Spring 2009 Theme: International Education in the Middle East FEATURES Best Practices in International Education: 2009 Andrew Heiskell Awards By Shannon Bishop, IIE Special Focus: Qatar Qatar’s Outstanding Schools Initiative: A New Model for International Linkages in Education By Rachel S. Awad and Ibrahim S. Alnaimi, Outstanding Schools Oversight Committee The Community College of Qatar: New Initiative to Meet Emergent National Educational and Labor Market Goals By Ibrahim S. Alnaimi and J.P. Das, Community College Steering Committee Special Focus: United Arab Emirates Toward a UAE Liberal Studies Stream By Ken Beatty, Higher Colleges of Technology New York University Abu Dhabi and the Research University as Global Network By Mariët Westermann, New York University ARTICLES HRH Princess Ghida Talal of Jordan Receives IIE Humanitarian Award Expanding Education Abroad in the Arab World By Robert Gutierrez, Amy Hawthorne, Mary Kirk, and Chris Powers The Middle East as a Study Abroad Destination By Maria C. Krane, Creighton University Student Flows from the Middle East: Iranian and Saudi Arabian Students in the United States By Rachel Marcus, IIE The Desert as Meeting Place: Where Students from the Middle East and Around the World Come Together By Susan P. Stern, Ben-Gurion University and Rabbi Michael M. Cohen, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies A Race to the Top: Helping Jordan Win the Right Race By Robert G. Ayan, Cambridge Advisors |