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Higher education revolutions in the Gulf : globalization and institutional viability /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Badry, Fatima
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Willoughby, John, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Series:Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 24.
Subjects:
Gulf Cooperation Council.
Gulf Cooperation Council
Education and globalization > Persian Gulf Region.
Education, Higher > Persian Gulf Region.
Educational change > Persian Gulf Region.
Enseignement supérieur > Persique, Région du golfe.
Enseignement > Réforme > Persique, Région du golfe.
Éducation et mondialisation > Persique, Région du golfe.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education and globalization
Education, Higher
Educational change
Persian Gulf Region
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the political and socio-economic emergence of the Arabian Gulf
  • The global expansion of higher education : alternative perspectives
  • Globalization of education and the GCC
  • The multi-model approach to privatization : questions of sustainability
  • GCC public universities : growing pains
  • Assessing quality : adopting western standards of accreditation
  • Reforming higher education in Saudi Arabia : reasons for optimism
  • Arabic in higher education : questions of national identity and pragmatism
  • Higher education revolutions : short term success vs long term viability.