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

Badry, Fatima.,

Higher education revolutions in the Gulf : globalization and institutional viability / Fatima Badry and John Willoughby. - 1 online resource (xix, 236 pages) - Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 24 . - Routledge advances in Middle East and Islamic studies ; 24. .

1. Introduction : the political and socio-economic emergence of the Arabian Gulf -- 2. The global expansion of higher education : alternative perspectives -- 3. Globalization of education and the GCC -- 4. The multi-model approach to privatization : questions of sustainability -- 5. GCC public universities : growing pains -- 6. Assessing quality : adopting western standards of accreditation -- 7. Reforming higher education in Saudi Arabia : reasons for optimism / Amani K. Hamdan -- 8. Arabic in higher education : questions of national identity and pragmatism -- 9. Higher education revolutions : short-term success versus long-term viability.

9780203796139 9781134450053 9781134450121 9781134450190

10.4324/9780203796139 doi


Gulf Cooperation Council.


Education, Higher--Persian Gulf Region.
Educational change--Persian Gulf Region.
Education and globalization--Persian Gulf Region.

LA1431.4 / .B34 2016

378.536 / B138