Article: Preparing for a Panel in Qatar Turns into an Intellectual Adventure

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An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the author’s experience attending and preparing for sessions at the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha. This summit brought together a wide range of participants from around the globe, mixing those interested in primary and secondary education with those interested in higher education. "Allan E. Goodman, president of the Institute of International Education, the U.S.-based nonprofit organization that is one of the WISE partners, said the conference serves a real need. ‘The higher-education sectors in a lot of countries can be very isolated,’ he said. Conference participants discover that ‘something that can be done in Colombia can also be done in Cambodia.’"

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