Higher education leaders gather under QF’s platform to advance multilingual research and inclusive academic dialogue.
Doha, Qatar: A pioneering bilingual journal exploring and addressing key global challenges in higher education, created by Qatar Foundation in collaboration with Boston College’s Center for International Higher Education, has been launched during the WISE 12 Summit.
Qatar Foundation launches the bilingual Ta’leem journal in collaboration with Boston College’s Center for International Higher Education at WISE 12
Taʿleem: The Arabic and English Higher Education Periodic Review was unveiled during a roundtable session at the biennial summit hosted by Qatar Foundation’s global education initiative WISE, spotlighting the peer-reviewed journal’s inaugural Special Issue.
It brought together higher education leaders, scholars, and practitioners to explore a values-driven, locally grounded, and globally engaged vision for academic inquiry and institutional practice.
The launch event served as a platform in fostering inclusive and cross-linguistic dialogue within the global higher education landscape.
Educators, scholars, and thought leaders came together to celebrate a shared vision of building bridges between Arabic and English scholarship, and participants explored how culturally grounded perspectives on higher education enrich global academic dialogue.
“Taʿleem positions the Arab region not as a periphery of global higher education, but as a vital contributor,” said Francisco Marmolejo, President of Higher Education and Education Advisor, QF.
“Our scholarship speaks from the region, to the region, and from there to the world.”
Dr. Samah Gamar, Associate Editor and Director of Academic Affairs within QF’s Higher Education division, explained: “Taʿleem builds on our call to center local knowledge in global education policy debates. Our bilingual publication model is itself a policy intervention.
“Taʿleem elevates the discourse on higher education in the Arab region by providing a space where our institutions, policies, and innovations can be examined with the same depth and rigor expected of global scholarship. It signals a shift from being studied to becoming active producers of knowledge.”
Dr. Philip G. Altbach, Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) at Boston College, explained that: “As both Qatar Foundation and CIHE celebrate 30 years, it is important to commemorate Ta’leem’s core journalistic mission to examine emerging models, policy innovations and education challenges that, while rooted in the Arab regional context, offer applicable insights worldwide.”
Alongside launching the journal, the event also welcomed interest from potential reviewers, contributors, and partners, and saw themed collaboration groups formed with the aim of fostering future joint efforts in advancing higher education.
These activities served as a formal debut for Taʿleem – a journal designed to reach both regional and international education audiences.
As well as being a new academic platform for higher education policy reform, Taʿleem is intended to catalyze a broader movement toward values-centered, multilingual scholarship that reflects the diversity and complexity of the global academic ecosystem, with its launch to educators and scholars around the world demonstrating QF’s continuing contribution to shaping international higher education.
