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Foundation
Programs in
Higher Education:
Gateway to
Success
international conference “Foundation
Programs in Higher Education:
Educational institutions play a Gateway to Success” will shed light
proactive role not only in the transfer on the soft (transferable) skills and
of knowledge and ethics, but also in competencies university students
the advancement and empowerment need to succeed in the college
of societies. Foundation programs classroom. It will also present the
within the framework of their different trends affecting the design
respective universities represent and execution of these programs, as
a practical dimension for the role well as the opportunities offered by
of educational institutions and are related trends to improve foundation
shaped and designed according to programs in order to prepare students
the needs and challenges of the time. for the different majors at university
Hence, the foundation program is level. In addition, the Conference will
considered a significant phase in explore links between foundation
the lives of students and a difficult programs and public education,
challenge for most of them, as it is higher education through the
a transitional period from school to exchange of experience and teaching
college, including the atmosphere, best practices.
regulations, methods of assessment,
etc.
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