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Friday, July 24, 2009
Fingerhut to sign agreement with Iraq’s prime minister
Eric D. Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, will sign an agreement on Saturday, July 25, with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The Memorandum of Understanding will join the University System of Ohio and the Republic of Iraq as part of the Iraq Education Initiative (IEI). It will be signed in a ceremony Saturday morning at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C.
The IEI was launched by the Higher Committee for Education Development in order to increase the educational attainment among the young people in the Republic of Iraq, according to the Board of Regents.
Ohio’s 10-year “Strategic Plan for Higher Education” sets a goal of increasing the number of foreign students studying in Ohio and graduating from all Ohio community colleges, colleges and universities.
The IEI is fully funded by the government of Iraq, which will provide direct economic benefit to the State of Ohio and create long-term economic, academic and civic relationships, according to the Board of Regents.
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