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Focuses on the implications of security measures initiated by the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services for the number of enrollment of students from Muslim countries. Overview of the bad experiences of students concerning the measures; Difficulty experienced by students in getting a visa to re-enter the U.S.; Implication of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the country for the security measures being adapted by universities.

Focuses on the status of Iraq's higher education system after the U.S.-led war against the country in 2003. Challenges being faced by Iraqi academics in the post-war condition; Impact of the war on the country's education system; Operation of Iraq's higher-education system under an emergency plan after the war.

Interviews several persons regarding the changes in their lives after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Letty Eisenhauser, staff counselor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York City; Mihaela N. Metianu, student adviser at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida; Kenneth W. Hearlson, political science professor at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California.

Deals with the difficulty of Arab writers and scholars in getting their books printed, distributed and read. Impact of the publishing repression on scholarship; Factors that contributed to the problem; Overview of the Arabic literacy status.

Examines the state of education in the Arab region as of March 2004. Problems faced by many Arab universities; Study released by the United Nation's Development Program and the Kuwait-based Arab Fund for Social Economic Development showing the capability of Arab countries to improve science education and research; Views on how Arab universities and schools improve their teaching of science.

Features the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa in Italy as of January 2004. Number of students who have graduated in Scuola since the founding of this state institution in 1810; Financial and quality problems of the institution; Comments from Fabio Beltram, a professor of physics in Scuola, on the admissions to the institution.

Focuses on the research conducted for the restoration of marshlands in Iraq. Main marshes in the state; Consequence of the disappearance of the marshes; Problem faced on the research.

Reports on the status of the higher education in Saudi Arabia. Conservatism of the religious establishments; Influence of the religious establishments on universities; Dominance of strict Islamic doctrines imposed on the curriculums.

Focuses on the efforts of the U.S. government to rebuild the higher education systems in Iraq. Purpose of the meeting convened by the U.S. State Department; Problems in Iraq's education system; Participation of Iraqi schools in leader's cultish self-veneration.

Reports on the move of Kuwait University in Khaldia, Kuwait to segregate its male and female students. Reason for the implementation of the directive; Concerns of school administrators throughout the Middle East and North Africa; History of Kuwait.

Features the collection of manuscripts at the library of Islamic scholar Abdel Qader Haidara in Timbuktu, Mali. Preservation of the collection; Importance of the collection according to John O. Hunwick, professor of African history at Northwestern University; Grant given by Andrew W. Melon Foundation to preserve the collection.

Reports on the aftermath of the bombing of the cafeteria of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, originally aimed at the adjacent Rothberg International School, in August 2002. Enhancement to the security of the university; Effect of the Israeli-Palestinian violence on the undergraduate enrollment at Rothberg; Pressure experienced by non-Jewish students of Rothberg.

Presents information on the University of Nouakchott in Mauritania. Significance of the university to social progress; Plans of the university as of May 31, 2002; Concerns on racial diversity in the college.

Reports that Arab students in the United States (U.S.) returned home after terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. How Arabs were treated in the U.S. after the terrorist attacks; Condition of American students in the Middle East; Withdrawal of students from various universities.

Reports on the difficulty facing Palestinian students at Birzeit University in West Bank regarding the roadblocks placed by Israeli authorities to their university. Examples of restriction imposed on movements in the university; Views of Joe Stork, Washington director for the Middle East and North Africa for Human Rights Watch; Psychological impact on students.

Focuses on the charges against prominent scholar Saad Eddin Ibrahim made by the Egyptian government which stem from his work at Ibn Khaldun Center for Developmental Studies. Focus of his works; Background on his arrest; Views of Ibrahim's supporters on his offense; Details on Ibrahim's trial.

Presents news briefs on higher education from around the world as of September 5, 2003. Criticism from higher-education leaders in South Africa over a government plan to centralize admissions for all public colleges and universities; Decision of Israel's military forces to allow the re-opening of Hebron University and the Palestine Polytechnic University in the West Bank; Appointment of John Agresto as senior adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Presents information on the worldwide antiwar protests of college students on the U.S. war against Iraq. Background on the violent rallies of university students in Egypt; Information on the peaceful demonstrations of students in Beirut, Lebanon; Details of the protests of the students in Great Britain; Effect of the war on study-abroad programs for U.S. students.

Looks at the experience of Saudi student Yazeed Al-Hamdan in his struggle to return to the University of Kansas only to be kept waiting in the hope that his visa will be renewed. Impact on foreign students of the tighter policy being observed at U.S. embassies; Hopes of Al-Hamdan as a foreign student of Kansas.

Focuses on the impact of the Middle East conflict between Israelis and Palestinians on higher education. Problems facing colleges in the West Bank; Challenges posed by the Mideast conflict to education; Impact of the conflict on Arab students; Implications of the conflict to the U.S.

Presents information on the Justinianic Plague, the first documented plague pandemic which helped wipe out the Byzantine Empire. Factors which contributed to the meager research on the plague; Similarity to other plague pandemics recognized by modern medicine, such as the Black death and orientalis.

Focuses on the importance of Afghan University in Peshawar, Pakistan, to refugees from Afghanistan. Historical background on the institution; Challenge brought by Afghanistan's Taliban Movement to the university; Impact of the Taliban's influence on Afghan women's education.

Highlights the support of Jamia Dur-al Ulum Haqqania, a university in Pakistan, to Muslim terrorist financier Osama bin Laden and the Taliban movement. Relation of the university with Taliban leaders; Political influence of the university in Pakistan; Financial source of the university.

Focuses on the isolation of Kabul University in Afghanistan. Reason for the isolation of the university; Censorship of books in the university; Actions taken to improve the university.

Focuses on the opposition by the Greek Socialist government on the proposal of New Democracy Party to recognize the constitutionality of private colleges and universities. Exclusions of graduates of private institutions to government jobs; Principles of the Socialist Party on education; Creation of the Athens Laboratory for Business Administration.

Focuses on the investigation by Israeli scholars of the phenomenon in Jerusalem in which visitors snap and believe that they are incarnations of Biblical figures. Cases of incarnation; Researchers involved in the investigation; Document issued by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Deals with the plan of al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, to expand its Islamic influence. Background information on the school; Factors forcing an identity crisis upon the institution; Fear of intellectuals in its modern role.

Presents news briefs on education worldwide as of March 2004. Reason for the strike organized by college students and academic professors in several British universities; Threat made by French research scientists to their government if their demands are not met; Demonstration conducted by foreign students in Voronezh, Russia to protest the failure of authorities to protect them from racist attacks.

Reports on the establishment of several U.S. institutions in other countries as of March 2004. Courses offered by the Afghan Military Academy; Details on the establishment of a branch campus of the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar; Significance of the education development in Qatar.

Presents updates on higher education in several countries. Validation of the result of university-entrance examinations in Kabul, Afghanistan; Report released by the government of the United Arab Emirates on its higher education institutions; Recognition given to a private university that teaches Albanian language in Macedonia.

Presents news briefs on higher education around the world as of December 19, 2003. Decision of the Italian parliament to establish a national research center for science and technology; Establishment of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies at the Duke University.

Presents news briefs on higher education around the world as of December 19, 2003. Demilitarization of Syria's universities; Protest of students against the merger of South Africa's University of North-West and the University of Potchefstroom; Role of Chinese sociologist Gao Zhan in the illegal sale of microprocessors to China; Tuition increases allowed under an Australian education law.

Announces that the U.S. State Department is developing a mentorship program to reintegrate the Iraqi regime's weapons scientists into academe. Incentives to be provided for top researchers to remain in Iraq; Means to develop connections between the U.S. academic community and the Iraqi science-and-technology community; Proposed budget for the project.

Presents global news briefs on issues related to higher education as of November 21, 2003. Release of Iranian-American lecturer Dariush Zahedi from an Iranian prison; Closure of several public universities in Kenya after the professors and lecturers staged a strike to demand higher salaries and better terms of service; Award received by Arab scholar Hanan Ashrawi from New South Wales Premier Bob Carr.

Presents updates on higher education as of November 7, 2003. Lawsuit that will address the concerns whether institutions in Japan have the right to keep prepaid tuition and entrance fees if a student chooses not to attend; Resumption of the Fulbright scholarship program of the U.S. State Department with Iraq.

Presents updates on higher education as of November 7, 2003. Decision of the Canadian government to allow foreign students to get their visas on an accelerated schedule; Findings of a survey on the benefits of studying abroad; Spying charges against a German scholar who was born in South Korea.

Focuses on the services offered by the Republic Teaching Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. Challenges faced by the medical teaching facility; Consequence of staff shortages at the facility; Details of the facility's operation during the war in the state.

Reports on the dismissal of University of Baghdad president Sami al-Mudhaffar in Iraq. Reason behind the dismissal; Response of al-Mudhaffar to his dismissal; Demand of students and professors for the reversal of the decision.

Reports on the flaw discovered by Technion-Israel Institute of Technology scholars on the Global System for Mobile Communications technology in Haifa. Consequence of a broken encryption code; Statement issued by professor Eli Biham on the discovered flaw; Response of the GSM Association to the issue.

Focuses on the plan of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research plans to reintegrate Kurdish universities with the rest of the country's higher education institutions as of September 12, 2003. Privileges of Kurdish universities; Impact of the reintegration plan on the universities' administration; Symbolism of universities for the Kurds.

Features the University of the Two Rivers in Baghdad, Iraq, an institution which was directly administered by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein before the U.S.-led war against the country in 2003. Reputation of the university; Financial status of the university before the war; Relationship between the university and Hussein's government.

Focuses on college president elections supervised by U.S. troops in Iraq in 2003. Information on the election at the University of Two Rivers in Baghdad; Significance of college president elections in the country; Description of the infrastructure of higher education in the country.

Reports on the demand of academic publishing South End Press for the U.S. government and military to release arrested Iraqi scientist Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash. Reason for the arrest of Ammash; Remarks from South End's co-publisher Alexander Dwinell regarding the detention of Ammash; Professional background of Ammash; Argument of the U.S. military about the detention and interrogation of Ammash.

Reports on the participation of scholars and graduate students at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute in Illinois in the campaign to recover stolen Iraqi antiquities when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was toppled from power. Creation of an online pictorial database of Baghdad artifacts; Efforts of scholars from around the world to document the damage on artifacts; Contribution of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to the initiative.

Reports on the devastation of the cultural artifacts at the National Museum of Iraq by Baghdad looters. Collections included in the devastation; Details of a petition presented by a group of scholars to the United Nations regarding the incident; Comments from the U.S. Department of Defense on the issue.

Reports on the evacuation of non-Arab college students in Jordan, Kuwait and Syria as the U.S. war with Iraq continues, as of April 2003. Number of evacuated students for each nationality; Assistance given to students who were stranded when Kuwait's airspace became restricted to military aircraft only.

Reports on the decision of the Egypt Court of Cassation to acquit Egyptian-American professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim on the charges filed against him in March 2003. Allegations against Ibrahim; Comments from Ibrahim concerning his acquittal; Opinion of David Welch, U.S. ambassador to Egypt, on the acquittal of Ibrahim.