Higher Education Today Nazarbayev University

Welcome back to the education program that connects YOU to contemporary issues, people, and institutions involved in the world of higher education. I will be talking about Nazarbayev University with Dr. Simon Jones, provost of Nazarbayev University, which was founded in 2009. The university is based in Astana, Kazakhstan, in Central Asia. As provost, Simon has arranged partnerships with educational institutions in the US, the UK, and Singapore. Simon is former president of Abu Dhabi Men's College and former CEO of MIT's Media Lab Europe.