Higher Education in the Arab World

The Post-COVID Classroom: Lessons from a Pandemic.- How to Prevent a Crisis Becoming a Catastrophe, COVID and Universities.- Do Disruptive Events Favor the Bold or the Old?.- Embracing Different Modes of Learning.- Bridging Academia with Industry and Society.- Shaping the Future: North African Universities after COVID-19.- E-Learning Quality Requirements for Post COVID-19 Era in the Arab World.- Reconceptualizing Business Education: An Innovative Curriculum Approach.- Higher Education in Syria Post War and Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities.- Flagship Project for Accelerating R&D on COVID-19 in Kuwait.- Effective Partnerships with Multinational Companies.- Leveraging Research and Innovation as Key Tools for a Post-COVID Era: Lessons Learned and Future Plans Moving Forward Towards Resilient Economic Reconstruction.- Opportunities in Disruption: Higher Education Post the COVID-19 Era.- Investing in Infrastructure and Digital Resources.- A Post-Pandemic Strategy for Sustainability ofa Changing Higher Education Paradigm.- Revisiting Existing Financial Models.- Oral Histories of Teaching During the Pandemic.

Professor Adnan Badran  the Chancellor of the University of Petra and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Jordan. He is a biologist with over 166 papers presented, and 41 books, 54 research papers published and 4 patents.  He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (1981); an Honorary Doctorate in Science from Michigan State University, (2007); an Honorary Doctorate in Business from Yarmouk University, Jordan (2014); the West Watkins distinguished Lectureship Award (2009) USA; the Hall of Fame Alumni Award from Oklahoma State University, USA; and the Honorary Professorship from L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University Kazakhstan (2012). Also, he was awarded the Arab Thought Foundation Award for best Arab scientist in higher education research (2005); the TWAS Regional Prize for "Building Scientific Institutions" (2009); the World Education Asia award for Outstanding Contribution to Education (2011) and the Shoman awardfor Peer review of young Arab scientists. 

Badran was Prime Minister (2005), Minister of Agriculture (1989) and Minister of Education (1989) in Jordan. He was Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Science, Education and Culture (2006-2010). He also served as Deputy Director-General of UNESCO (1994-1998) and Assistant Director General for Science, Paris (1990-1994). Founding President of Yarmouk University and Jordan University of Science and Technology (1976-1986), President of Philadelphia University (1998-2005) and President of University of Petra (2007-2014), and Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Jordan (1971-1976). Secretary General (1986-1987) and Vice-president (2014- ) of the Higher Council for Science and Technology, Jordan. President of the National Centre of Human Rights, Jordan (2008-2011) and President of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Human Rights, Sidney (2009-2011). Member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Thought Forum (2012- ). He isa