Higher Education Investment in the Arab States of the Gulf : Strategies for Excellence and Diversity.

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Over the last half-century, the GCC states have invested on a huge scale in higher education, but the stated commitment to internationally recognized excellence has also to come to terms with tradition._x000B_ These pressure points are examined here in a number of comparative studies, and cover amon...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eickelman, Dale
Other Authors: Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2016.
Series:Gulf studies.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > Arab countries.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives.
Arab countries.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 9783959940139; 9783959940139; Half_Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface: GCC Higher Education Comes of Age; 1 Building Universities that Lead: The Arabian Peninsula; 2 Western and Islamic Models of Higher Education inSaudi Arabia and Iran; 3 Higher Education and the Changing Aspirations ofWomen in Saudi Arabia; 4 Making a Branch Campus â#x80;#x9C;Workâ#x80;#x9D;: Georgetown Universityâ#x80;#x99;sSchool of Foreign Service in Qatar; 5 Journalism and Scholarship: How One Learns in Qatar; 6 Education as Public Diplomacy: The Soft PowerPotential of Qatar Higher Education.
  • 7 The Health of Nations: The Evolution and Structure of Public HealthHigher Education in the GCC8 Science and Engineering Education in the GCC:Challenges and Transformations; 9 Afterword: State-Society Dialogues in the GCC Knowledge Economy; About the Contributors; Index.

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