Many realities of contemporary world are revisited consequently to upheavals in Arab world. Over decades offspring of many ruling families from so called third world used to go to most prestigious educational institutions in the West. Now after Libyan turmoil has broken out news has come that Sir Howard Davies, the director of the London School of Economics has resigned over its links to Libyan leader Muammar Kaddafi.
In his resignation letter Sir Davies refuted any relation of LSE degree awarded to Muammar Kaddafi’s son Sayf al-Islam to £300,000 for research accepted by LSE from a foundation run by its alumna . “Sir Howard Davies said he recognised the university's reputation had "suffered" and he had to quit.” - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12642636
Views are sounded that the whole LSE council should resign once the Institution was so much linked to illegal revenues of Libyan dictator. I believe that the reputation of LSE will be saved, perhaps it would entail more resignations. However the question here is, if those illegal sources have become evident after clashes took place in streets of Benghazi? And can we expect any essential policy changes in Western Universities towards similar cases?
Difficult times might come to children of repressive regime family members striving to get education in prestigious Universities. However the credibility of western system of education might be further affected if that took a shape of simple discrimination. Thus a robust policy and indicators are to be set up to rule such occasions.
On the others side has not the time come for regimes to build quality and transparent education opportunities in their respective countries to make good education accessible for wider population in the homeland?
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