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title: Challenges to preparing GCC national students for higher education abroad
description: AQF Executive Director Dr. Natasha Ridge, writing for Edu Alliance, discusses the challenges of preparing GCC students for higher education abroad. While the domestic higher education sector in the GCC has been growing and improving in recent years, there remains a strong desire on both the part of
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# [Challenges to preparing GCC national students for higher education abroad](https://publications.alqasimifoundation.com/blog/challenges-to-preparing-gcc-national-students-for-higher-education-abroad)

 Written by [Natasha Ridge](https://publications.alqasimifoundation.com/blog/author/natasha-ridge) | April 23, 2018

 

While the domestic higher education sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has been growing and improving in recent years, there remains a strong desire on both the part of families and policymakers to send national students to study abroad for undergraduate and/or graduate study.

To learn more please visit: [https://edualliancegroup.blog/2018/04/23/challenges-to-preparing-gcc-national-students-for-higher-education-abroad/](https://edualliancegroup.blog/2018/04/23/challenges-to-preparing-gcc-national-students-for-higher-education-abroad/)

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