titleInterviews <subtitle type="text"></subtitle> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://marcopolis.net"/> <id>https://marcopolis.net/</id> <updated>2024-04-29T22:20:58+00:00</updated> <author> <name>Marcopolis</name> <email>info@marcopolis.net</email> </author> <generator uri="http://joomla.org" version="1.6">Joomla! - Open Source Content Management</generator> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://marcopolis.net/kurdistan-education-interviews/feed/atom.htm"/> <entry> <title>American University of Iraq, Sulaimani: New Way of Teaching in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq 2013-02-26T15:20:53+00:00 2013-02-26T15:20:53+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/american-university-of-iraq-sulaimani-new-way-of-teaching-in-the-kurdistan-region-of-iraq.htm Ben Novak editor3@marcopolis.net <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="american-university-of-iraq-sulaimani-new-way-of-teaching-in-the-kurdistan-region-of-iraq-2602.htm"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" src="images/stories/kurdistan-report/2013/kurdistan-interviews/american-university-sulaimani/Kyle-Long-Director-of-Communications-at-American-University-of-Iraq-Sulaimani-small.jpg" alt="Kyle Long, Director of Communications at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani" height="100" width="181" /></a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;">Kyle Long, Director of Communications at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani</p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">There's a longer history of private education in other parts of Iraq in the south, particularly in Baghdad, but in the Kurdistan region this is something of a novelty. There are about a dozen or more private universities in the Kurdistan region. The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, was founded in 2007. The university is the only private not-for-profit university in the Kurdistan region (and Iraq, too).</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="american-university-of-iraq-sulaimani-new-way-of-teaching-in-the-kurdistan-region-of-iraq-2602.htm"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" src="images/stories/kurdistan-report/2013/kurdistan-interviews/american-university-sulaimani/Kyle-Long-Director-of-Communications-at-American-University-of-Iraq-Sulaimani-small.jpg" alt="Kyle Long, Director of Communications at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani" height="100" width="181" /></a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;">Kyle Long, Director of Communications at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani</p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">There's a longer history of private education in other parts of Iraq in the south, particularly in Baghdad, but in the Kurdistan region this is something of a novelty. There are about a dozen or more private universities in the Kurdistan region. The American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, was founded in 2007. The university is the only private not-for-profit university in the Kurdistan region (and Iraq, too).</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> Education in Kurdistan: Salahaddin University-Hawler 2013-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 2013-01-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/education-in-kurdistan-salahaddin-university-hawler.htm Ben Novak editor3@marcopolis.net <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="education-in-kurdistan-salahaddin-university-hawler-0901.htm"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Dr. Mohammed R. Mochtar, Vice President for Administration and Finance Affairs at Salahaddin University-Hawler" src="images/stories/kurdistan-report/2013/kurdistan-interviews/salahaddin-uni/Dr-Mohammed-R-Mochtar-Vice-President-for-Administration-and-Finance-Affairs-Salahaddin-University-Hawler-Kurdistan.jpg" height="100" width="181" /></a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;">Dr. Mohammed R. Mochtar, Vice President for Administration and Finance Affairs at Salahaddin University-Hawler</p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Salahaddin University has a plan to reform its educational system and programs. A crucial part of this plan is to convince the private sector to make available and share their resources and so contribute to the reform of the educational system in the Kurdistan Region. Dr. Mochtar also stresses the importance of strong relations with other regional and international universities.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="education-in-kurdistan-salahaddin-university-hawler-0901.htm"><img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Dr. Mohammed R. Mochtar, Vice President for Administration and Finance Affairs at Salahaddin University-Hawler" src="images/stories/kurdistan-report/2013/kurdistan-interviews/salahaddin-uni/Dr-Mohammed-R-Mochtar-Vice-President-for-Administration-and-Finance-Affairs-Salahaddin-University-Hawler-Kurdistan.jpg" height="100" width="181" /></a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;">Dr. Mohammed R. Mochtar, Vice President for Administration and Finance Affairs at Salahaddin University-Hawler</p> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Salahaddin University has a plan to reform its educational system and programs. A crucial part of this plan is to convince the private sector to make available and share their resources and so contribute to the reform of the educational system in the Kurdistan Region. Dr. Mochtar also stresses the importance of strong relations with other regional and international universities.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p>