POINT OF VIEW

What Higher Education in Iraq Needs Now

By JOHN AGRESTO

Bagdhad, Iraq

The second semester since the fall of Saddam Hussein has begun across a new Iraq. The 20 universities and 43 technical institutes (roughly equivalent to vocational colleges in the United States) are once again in session. Despite the hardships -- and hardships abound in this nation -- all academic institutions have been open...

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