February 16, 2007
Saudi Arabia Continues Expanding Higher Education
Saudi Arabia's minister of higher education, Khaled Al-Anqari, announced this month a government plan to open 11 new universities in the next three years. The universities, which will be located throughout the kingdom, will focus on applied sciences, offering training in skills the current job market requires.
The project is part of a vast buildup of the country's higher-education system designed to feed a booming market that is trying to wean itself from its historic dependency on
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