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MIT Professional Education Launches New Collaboration with Saudi Arabia’s Al Yamamah University

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MIT Professional Education is launching a new collaboration with Al Yamamah University (YU) aimed at "promoting diversity at institutions of higher education and supporting the country’s overall development and sociocultural evolution," the prestigious university announced on its website.

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