Sunday, December 18, 2005
Doha Details
The trip to Doha, Qatar was very successful - we even got press coverage.
Qatar's ambitions for Education City are bolder than I thought. In addition to the college campuses, Education City hosts (or will host) a charter school, a technology park (Microsoft, Rand and Price Waterhouse Coopers are all there), even the Al Jazeera children's channel.
They're building a large support network around the college campus idea. In order to prepare students for the Education City colleges, they have an Academic Bridge Program, which is basically a prep-school year. They've also set up a charter school system which teaches in English. This isn't strictly linked to Education City, but they're counting on some of those graduates to feed the schools.
Cornell and Virginia Commonwealth are currently the only two schools that have their own buildings. The CMU, A&M and Georgetown campuses are under construction. There's also a large area that appears to be reserved for more campuses, so stay tuned. Stuff's going on there.
Qatar's ambitions for Education City are bolder than I thought. In addition to the college campuses, Education City hosts (or will host) a charter school, a technology park (Microsoft, Rand and Price Waterhouse Coopers are all there), even the Al Jazeera children's channel.
They're building a large support network around the college campus idea. In order to prepare students for the Education City colleges, they have an Academic Bridge Program, which is basically a prep-school year. They've also set up a charter school system which teaches in English. This isn't strictly linked to Education City, but they're counting on some of those graduates to feed the schools.
Cornell and Virginia Commonwealth are currently the only two schools that have their own buildings. The CMU, A&M and Georgetown campuses are under construction. There's also a large area that appears to be reserved for more campuses, so stay tuned. Stuff's going on there.
// posted by Steve Ritter @ 10:30 PM 
