A liberal arts college or liberal arts institution of higher education is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in liberal arts and sciences. Such colleges aim to impart a broad general knowledge and develop general intellectual capacities,in contrast to a professional,vocational,or technical curriculum. Students in a liberal arts college generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects,including sciences as well as the traditional humanities subjects taught as liberal arts. Although it draws on European antecedents,the liberal arts college is strongly associated with American higher education,and most liberal arts colleges around the world draw explicitly on the American model.
The School of General Studies,Columbia University (GS) is a liberal arts college and one of the undergraduate colleges of Columbia University,situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights,New York City. GS is known primarily for its traditional B.A. program for non-traditional students. GS students make up almost 30% of the Columbia undergraduate population.
Education in Algeria is free and compulsory for Algerians from the ages of 6 to 15. However,only half of Algerian students are enrolled in secondary schools. As of 2015,Algeria has 92 post-secondary institutions,which includes 48 universities.
The education system of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan includes basic,secondary,and higher education and has dramatically evolved since the establishment of the state in the early 1900s. The role played by a good education system has been significant in the development of Jordan from a predominantly agrarian to an industrialized nation over time.
The roles of women in the Arab world have changed throughout history,as the culture and society in which they live has undergone significant transformations. Historically,as well as presently,the situation of women differs greatly between Arabic speaking regions,their urban or rural population and age groups. Among other factors,these differences can be attributed to local traditions,culture and religion,women's social or legal status,their level of education,health or self-awareness. Since the 19th century,and notably through the influence of the colonization in North Africa,the Arab Renaissance in Egypt,Lebanon,and Syria,and the end of the Ottoman Empire,the social and economic changes in the Arab world have become greatly accelerated and diversified.
Mohammed Mzali was a Tunisian politician who served as Prime Minister between 1980 and 1986.
The School of Professional Studies is one of the schools comprising Columbia University. It offers seventeen master's degrees,courses for advancement and graduate school preparation,certificate programs,summer courses,auditing and lifelong learning programs,high school programs in New York City and abroad,and a program for learning English as a second language.
Since gaining independence from France in 1956,the government of Tunisia has focused on developing an education system which produces a solid human capital base that could respond to the changing needs of a developing nation. Sustained structural reform efforts since the early 1990s,prudent macroeconomic policies,and deeper trade integration in the global economy have created an enabling environment for growth. This environment has been conducive to attain positive achievements in the education sector which placed Tunisia ahead of countries with similar income levels,and in a good position to achieve MDGs. According to the HDI 2007,Tunisia is ranked 90 out of 182 countries and is ranked 4th in MENA region just below Israel,Lebanon,and Jordan. Education is the number one priority of the government of Tunisia,with more than 20 percent of government’s budget allocated for education in 2005/06. As of 2006 the public education expenditure as a percentage of GDP stood at 7 percent.
Thala is a town and commune in Tunisia. It is located in the Kasserine Governorate since 1956. As of the 2004 census it had 13,968 inhabitants. The altitude of Thala is 1,017 metres (3,337 ft),which makes it the highest and the coldest town in the country.
Jean-Pierre Filiu is a French professor of Middle East studies at Sciences Po,Paris School of International Affairs,an orientalist and an arabist.
Columbia Global Centers are research outposts established by Columbia University in different locations around the world,as part of its initiative to further establish an international research university. The first of these centers opened in March 2009 in Beijing,China and Amman,Jordan,and Columbia opened facilities in Paris,France,Mumbai,India in March 2010 and Istanbul,Turkey in November 2011. Locations in Nairobi,Rio de Janeiro and Santiago de Chile were opened in 2012 and 2013. An additional location in Tunis opened in 2018.
Mahmoud Messadi was a Tunisian author and intellectual who also served as Minister of Education and Minister of Culture. He is one of the most prominent Tunisian novelists of the 20th century.
David Anthony Thomas is an American psychologist,expert on organizational behavior,and academic administrator who currently serves as the 12th president of Morehouse College,a historically Black men's college in Atlanta. From 2017 to 2018,he was the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Thomas served at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business as its Dean from 2011 to 2016 and as the William R. Berkley Chair and Professor of Management from 2016 to 2017.
The Arab Barometer is a nonpartisan research network that provides insight into the social,political,and economic attitudes and values of ordinary citizens across the Arab world. It has been conducting public opinion surveys in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) since 2006. It is the largest repository of publicly available data on the views of men and women in the MENA region. The project has conducted more than 70,000 interviews over five waves of surveys across 15 countries in MENA since 2006. The project is organized through a partnership between Princeton University,the University of Michigan,and regional partners across the Middle East and North Africa. The project is governed by a Steering Committee including academics and researchers from MENA and the United States.
Mohamed Charfi was a Tunisian academic and politician who served as Minister of Education of Tunisia from 1989 to 1994.
Science and technology is Jordan's fastest-growing economic sector. This growth is occurring across multiple industries,including information and communications technology (ICT),solar and wind energy and nuclear technology.
The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet is a group of four civil society organizations that were central mediators in the effort to consolidate democratic gains and to form a lasting constitutional settlement in Tunisia following the unrest and historic regime change of the 2011 Jasmine Revolution.[1]
Emna Mizouni is a Tunisian online and human rights activist,free-lance journalist,communications expert and business executive. After successfully helping to prepare RightsCon Tunis,in July 2019,Access Now,the international non-profit human rights group intent on an open Internet,announced her appointment to serve in their global board of directors. In March 2013,Mizouni co-founded Carthagina,an initiative designed to create interest in Tunisia's cultural heritage at home and abroad. In August 2019,at the Wikimedia Conference in Stockholm,she was honoured as Wikimedian of the Year 2019 as a result of the leading role she has played in the development of Arab and African communities as well as her success in promoting the history and culture of Tunisia.
