Saudi monarch buys US education system.
If you ever wondered why so many top US universities have “Muslim studies programs” which teach how we as a people misunderstand “true Islam”? Well here is your answer. Speak the truth Professor and out you go. The educated elite’s have chosen money over sanity. I urge all of you to check what your old school teaches before donating one red cent. Ronin
MENAFN 1/11/2007 The Saudi Higher Education Minister said that Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has allocated $2.7 billion for a major scholarship program that covers expenses for 18,000 Saudi students who were sent to universities in the US, the EU and Asia for higher studies, Arab News reported.
The minister said in a statement that the scholarship program, which was named after King Abdullah, will include 7,500 more students. He also said that the expenses paid to the family of scholarship winners will increase depending on the number of children for each winner. The state will also pay for the students’ entry visas.
King Abdullah had earlier approved a 15 percent increment in monthly payments given to Saudi students who go abroad for higher studies.
11 January, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Given the state of education in the US today I wouldn’t give two cents for the whole thing-these Arabs got taken to the cleaners.
But seriously, it sure is nice to see how dirty oil money manages to corrupt everything.
In about 20 years people are going to wonder why so many colleges have funny sounding departments like “Prince Achmed Religious Studies Center” (oddly lacking in all religions but heavy on the Islam of course). That’s if we don’t have full blown sharia here by then of course.
12 January, 2007 at 4:56 pm
The Universities will notice the alumni have stopped donations and the Muslims have not made up the differences. That will swing them back around. Our soldiers will return and many will seek higher education, they will not put up with PC/Dhimmi BS. They know “true Islam” they have seen it, felt it and killed it”