We will test and revise a newly developed reading and MSA oral grammar curriculum for young students in a small pilot study. The curriculum, called ”Iqra”, derived from the Arabic word for “reading”, was developed in 2017 by the Al Qasimi Foundation of Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). It consists of two components: 1) a reading curricu…[Read more]

I met via videoconference with David P. Cline from my living room in Catalonia, Spain and he in his study in Southern California to discuss how history and the words we read and write about history connect students with past events. David is Professor of History and the Founding Director of the SDSU Center for Public and Oral History . What…[Read more]

This paper argues that American accreditation for institutions that operate primarily overseas is problematic for the accrediting agency, for the institution, and for the students at that institution.