January 23, 2009
American Colleges Go to Iraq to Recruit Students, at Prime Minister's Request
Academics and administrators from 24 American universities are in Iraq this week to lend support to an ambitious planned overhaul of Iraqi higher education and to stage student-recruitment fairs in Baghdad and the northern city of Sulaymaniyah.
The trip was organized by the office of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is taking the first significant steps since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, in 2003, to rebuild the nation's university system. This week's event is the first
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