In the presence of Dr. Mostafa Kamal, President of Assiut University, HE the Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Mostafa Mosaad held a broad meeting with Assiut University faculty members. In this meeting, the Minister handled a number of issues including the efforts of the ministry in enhancing academic research, encouraging scholars through training programs and missions abroad which exceeded the number of 1500 sponsored scholarship around the whole world annually. He also stressed the importance of Open Education to enroll the huge numbers of students exceeding one million students in the Egyptian Universities, in addition to the importance of Private Institutes and Colleges which accommodate more than 350 thousand students.   Dr. Mostafa Mosaad asserted the Minister's prospectus plan to increase the number of Egyptian governmental Universities to reach one hundred universities within the duration of 10 years, since the number of the 22 existing governmental universities is considered meager if compared to the number of universities in the world and the status of Egypt as a state of rich resources. HE the Minister added that the country's aspirations and visions are all dependant on universities as long as the society considers that it is only the effort of the universities which can lead the country to overcome the present crises. Statistically, the Minister pointed out that the country spends about 1% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on higher Education and is supposed to increase the figure into 3.45% within 10 years.   Regarding the Universities, Dr. Mosaad also assured that the Ministry concentrates on a of important issues including Quality Assurance for which a constant item in the Supreme Council of Universities has been devoted to follow up the continued improvement particularly when most universities have now acquired good experience in the field.   Regarding the rules of Promotion Committees, the Minister indicated that tentative plans and procedures have been exposed for discussion to overcome the defects in the procedures of the previous committee-rounds and solve problems to many. Whenever the argument over this issue is settled, a final form will be declared. Moreover, the Minister talked about the new Students' By-law which will enable students and preserve their rights within a number of resolutions that will benefit students and the educational process.