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Re:End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for des... by mrtksn on Thursday April 11, 2024 @05:21AM (#40000149)
I think they do all that. They have plenty of universities, also their other oil rich neighbours are pouring money into British and American educational institutions to open campuses there. IIRC some Ivy league universities from the Western world have campuses in the region.
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Re:End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for des... by throw_pm23 on Thursday April 11, 2024 @05:29AM (#40000215)
That's true but neither the students nor the instructors at those institutes are local.
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Re:End of the Line? Saudi Arabia to scale back plans for des... by selimthegrim on Thursday April 11, 2024 @06:29AM (#40000617)
I can think of one exception, a pretty famous Emirati physicist who has made a big name for himself
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