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dc.contributor.authorBadry, Fatima
dc.contributor.authorWilloughby, John
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-27T09:28:40Z
dc.date.available2021-05-27T09:28:40Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifierONIX_20210527_9781134450053_38
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48841
dc.description.abstractOver the past quarter century, the people of the Arabian Peninsula have witnessed a revolutionary transformation in higher education. In 1990, there were fewer than ten public universities that offered their Arabic-language curricula in sex-segregated settings to national citizens only. In 2015, there are more than one hundred public, semi-public, and private colleges and universities. Most of these institutions are open to expatriates and national citizens; a few offer gender integrated instruction; and the language of instruction is much more likely to be in English than Arabic. Higher Education Revolutions in the Gulf explores the reasons behind this dramatic growth. It examines the causes of the sharp shift in educational practices and analyses how these new systems of higher education are regulated, evaluating the extent to which the new universities and colleges are improving quality. Questioning whether these educational changes can be sustained, the book explores how the new curricula and language policies are aligned with official visions of the future. Written by leading scholars in the field, it draws upon their considerable experiences of teaching and doing research in the Arabian Gulf, as well as their different disciplinary backgrounds (linguistics and economics), to provide a holistic and historically informed account of the emergence and viability of the Arabian Peninsula’s higher education revolutions. Offering a comprehensive, critical assessment of education in the Gulf Arab states, this book represents a significant contribution to the field and will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East and Gulf Studies, and essential for those focused on higher education.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRoutledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTB Regional studies
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary educationen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherarab
dc.subject.otherarabic
dc.subject.otherdevelopment
dc.subject.otherhuman
dc.subject.othermodern
dc.subject.otherreform
dc.subject.otherreport
dc.subject.otherstandard
dc.subject.otheruniversity
dc.subject.otherzayed
dc.titleHigher Education Revolutions in the Gulf
dc.title.alternativeGlobalization and Institutional Viability
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9780203796139
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oapen.relation.isbn9781134450053
oapen.relation.isbn9780415505659
oapen.relation.isbn9780203796139
oapen.relation.isbn9780367866983
oapen.imprintRoutledge
oapen.pages256
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