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Missions impossible : higher education and policymaking in the Arab world / John Waterbury.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waterbury, John, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Higher education and state--Arab countries.
- Higher education and state.
- Education, Higher--Arab countries.
- Education, Higher.
- Universities and colleges.
- Arab countries.
- Universities and colleges--Arab countries.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2020.
- Contents:
- 1 Orders of Magnitude p. 23
- 2 The Modern Flagship Universities of the Arab World p. 53
- 3 Politics and the University p. 105
- 4 Excellence in Higher Education: Enabler and Enabled p. 125
- 5 Governance: Why Does It Matter? p. 155
- 6 Reform in Tight Places p. 177
- 7 Innovation and Critical Linkages p. 205
- 8 Feeding the Beast: Financing Tertiary Education p. 233
- 9 Living in the Beast: Neither Ivory nor a Tower p. 265.
- ISBN:
- 9789774169632
- 9774169638
- OCLC:
- 1110660353
- Publisher Number:
- 99985884872
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