{"id":1745,"date":"2018-11-04T12:34:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T12:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bayancenter.org\/en\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2018-11-11T08:08:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T08:08:07","slug":"strategies-toward-a-world-class-higher-education-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bayancenter.org\/en\/2018\/11\/1745\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategies toward a world-class higher education system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iraq\u2019s higher education system can play an important role in fostering long-term economic development, peace and stability if efficient reform and funding policy are implemented for the university system. An effective university education could resolve Iraq\u2019s economic, social, and political problems, thereby promoting the country democratic principles and human rights. Despite the benefits associated with Iraq\u2019s university system, the UN sanctions on Iraq after the invasion of Kuwait impoverished and isolated the country\u2019s university system. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 also left the universities in a poor physical state, revealing that hundreds of millions of dollars were needed for the rehabilitation<a name=\"_ftnref1\"><\/a>[1].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iraq\u2019s university system is underfunded as the textbooks are outdated, curriculum materials are in short supply in all fields, and administrative authorities are over-centralized. The teaching staff is also ill-trained, and students are poorly prepared. While the international community has initiated different efforts to rejuvenate Iraq\u2019s higher education through fund donations, launching cooperative initiatives, and provision of expertise; nevertheless, Iraq\u2019s universities still require a comprehensive reform program to reclaim their earlier dynamism and assisting them to play a leading role in the economic and national reconstruction.<a name=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bayancenter.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/98980908777.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq\u2019s higher education system can play an important role in fostering long-term economic development, peace and stability if efficient reform and funding policy are implemented for the university system. An effective university education could resolve Iraq\u2019s economic, social, and political problems, thereby promoting the country democratic principles and human rights. 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