The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (Aurak), in the United Arab Emirates, has dismissed two-thirds of its management and is overhauling its programs, reports
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The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (Aurak), in the United Arab Emirates, has dismissed two-thirds of its management and is overhauling its programs, reports The National newspaper. The university was “overflooded” with highly paid staff “all doing the same job,” said Shaukat Mirza, Aurak’s new president. The university was set up in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in 2005 as a branch campus of George Mason University. It closed three years later due to budget disagreements between the government and the university. It was reopened as Aurak in 2009. The university, which now has 72 students, has struggled to increase its student body. Mr. Mirza said the institution is hiring new faculty members and plans to establish three new degrees in education and leadership, computer and information systems, and management.
