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Western higher education in Asia and the Middle East : politics, economics, and pedagogy / edited by Kevin Gray, Hassan Bashir, and Stephen Keck.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transnational education--Asia.
- Transnational education.
- Transnational education--Middle East.
- Education, Higher--Asia--Western influences.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- This multidisciplinary volume highlights the transformed nature of the relationship between higher education and society in the 21st century.In particular, it argues that the development of the global university, especially in the non-western world, has transformed the traditional understanding of the relationship between higher education and.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Emergence of the Global University and Transformation of Education
- Chapter 1 Making Universities Safe for Students
- Chapter 2 The Global University in the GCC
- Chapter 3 Neoliberal Knowledge Imperialism
- Part II The University under the Pressures of Globalization
- Chapter 4 A Liberal Arts Education
- Chapter 5 State Control of Higher Education in the UAE and Qatar
- Chapter 6 The American Vision of Liberal Education and the Challenges of Globalization
- Part III Accreditation and Globalization
- Chapter 7 Chinese Foreign Cooperatively Run Schools
- Chapter 8 The Making of World-Class Universities
- Chapter 9 Bologna Process and Higher Education Reforms in Algeria
- Part IV Emerging Technologies in the Global University
- Chapter 10 MOOC and Online Learning
- Part V Is Anything Lost?
- Chapter 11 Universities and Their Values
- Chapter 12 Risking Our Foundations
- Chapter 13 A Hermeneutic Answer to the Crisis of the Universities
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 966315011
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