Arab Scholars Write Withering Critique of Higher Education in Arab World; Israeli University Tries to Lure Scientists Back to the Country

A group of Arab scholars has come up with an unusually blunt critique of higher education in the Arab world.

In a report, they say excessive government control and poor academic quality are hurting the region's universities and its societies in general.

The 178-page paper, "Arab Human Development 2002," which can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.undp.org/ahdr, is the culmination of a yearlong project jointly supported by the United Nations Development Program and

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