Higher Education in the Gulf States : Shaping Economies, Politics and Culture / Edited by Christopher Davidson & Peter Mackenzie Smith

Nowhere in the world is university education expanding as rapidly as in the six-member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council. In two generations the region has gone from having the Middle East’s least educated population to boasting a younger generation whose educational achievements are approaching Oraginisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) standards. This unique study, with contributions by key decision makers, charts this dramatic development, exploring the challenges faced and placing accomplishments within the social, economic and political context of the region. Contents: 1. Higher Education in the Gulf: A historical background / Christopher Davidson 2. Reforming higher education: the GCC highway in the shadow of the World Bank road / Mari Luomi 3. Polcy politics of higher education in the GCC member states: Intersections of globality, regionalism and locality / Andre Elias Mazawi 4. Institutionalising charisma: Comparitive perspectives on the promise of higher education / Gregory Starrett 5. Towards a regional quality assurance agency for the Middle East and Gulf region / Moudi al Humoud 6. The dilemma of gender-separated higher education in the UAE / Jane Bristol-Rhys 7. The UAE and policy priorities for higher education / Warren H. Fox 8. International higher education: ownership and opportunities - a case study of the British University in Dubai - David J. Lock 9. Quality issues affecting higher education in Bahrain / Khalil Y. al Khalili 10. the challenges of vocational training: BIBF, an institute of higher education / Mohammed Alkhozai 11.Theccontribution of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences to scientific education and training at the national, regional and global level / Ali A. al Shamlan 12. The potential contribution of GCC universities to international development / Digby Swift

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