Prof. Dr. Essam Kurdi, Vice President of Alexandria University for Community Service and of Environment Development and Prof. Dr. Hisham Gaber, Vice President of the University for Education and Students Affairs participated the workshop organized by the university in cooperation with the American Cultural Center. The workshop held on the morning of Tuesday, 23 February 2016 and hosted Dr. John Cavanaugh the President and the CEO of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area which consists of 14 American universities.
Dr. Cavanaugh delivered a lecture titled "Higher Education in 2016: to achieve excellence in global framework" where he discussed with the audience the of global educational developments, and how to be linked with the university, the global challenges facing higher education quality, the impact of the international classifications on the quality of higher education and challenges facing higher education, management and finance.