Harvard interested in offering course on refugee crisis

Harvard University has expressed interest in organizing a course of studies on the refugee crisis and has already made a proposal to Athens University for a possible cooperation, Kathimerini has learned.

The project in the making comes amid a push by the government to make Greek universities more outward-looking and to attract more foreign students to the country by promoting cooperation with foreign universities.

The Education and Foreign ministries on Friday co-hosted a seminar at the Foreign Ministry in Athens about this initiative, drawing a large number of attendees from foreign embassies and media as well as prominent Greek academics.

In comments to Kathimerini meanwhile, Education Minister Niki Kerameus noted that she had first learned of Harvard's interest in organizing a study program about the refugee crisis in cooperation with a Greek university...