The Past, Present, and Future of Higher Education in the Arabian Gulf Region

Critical Comparative Perspectives in a Neoliberal Era
Herausgeber: Ibrahim, Awad; Barnawi, Osman Z

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Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume contributes a novel understanding of the past, present, and future of higher education across the six countries which make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781032315805
• ISBN-10: 1032315806
• Artikelnr.: 70346723

Autorenporträt

Awad Ibrahim is Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada. Osman Z. Barnawi is Professor at the Royal Commission Colleges and Institutes, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Pulse of Higher Education in the Arabian Gulf
Awad Ibrahim and Osman Z. Barnawi
Part 1: Critical Historical Archaeology of Higher Education in the GCC
1. Seven Decades of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: A Foucauldian
Genealogy
Abdullah Alshakhi
2. The History of Higher Education in Kuwait
Abbas Al-Shammari
3. A Historical Archaeology of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman: A
Critical Social and Education Policy Perspective
Ali M. Al-Issa and Noor Al-Najjar
4. History of Higher Education in Qatar: A Genealogy
Wafaa Morsy and Awad Ibrahim
5. The Coming of Age in UAE Higher Education: The March of the Young Nation
to a Postmodern Era
Negmeldin Omer Alsheikh
6. Higher Education in Bahrain: Current Trends, Successes, Challenges and
Future Possibilities
Paul MacLeod
Part 2: Higher Education in the Arabian Gulf Region Today
7. Development of Higher Education in Bahrain
Aizhan Shomotova and Tatiana Karabchuk
8. Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: A Vehicle for Global Promotion and
Advancement
Sulaiman Jenkins
9. Development of the Higher Education in the UAE: Challenges and Current
Achievements
Aizhan Shomotova and Tatiana Karabchuk
10. Negotiating between Cultural and Academic Values: Undergraduate
Education Choices and Divisions in the State of Qatar
Sara Hillman
11. Development of the Higher Education System in Kuwait
Aizhan Shomotova and Tatiana Karabchuk
12. Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman Today
Fatma Al Kaf and Ali M. Al-Issa
Part 3: Comparing, Contrasting and Projecting a Future of Higher Education
in the Arabian Gulf
13. Epilogue: The Pulse of the Development of Higher Education across the
Gulf Countries in the Era of Neoliberalism: Conclusion, Limitations and
Future Prospects
Habib Bouagada