The History of Higher Education
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English - May 02, 2017 15:43 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MB - ★★★★ - 131 ratingsCourses Education Technology the teaching company interview academic university virtual professor learn course lecture education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When we think of old universities, our minds may go to Cambridge or Oxford, or maybe the University of Bologna. But one of the earliest known universities was established in the Moroccan City of Fez.
Join Professorial Lecturer in African Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Eamonn Gearon, to explore the fascinating story of an esteemed University that was established centuries before Oxford: Karaouine University, founded by Fatima Al-Fishri in 859.