Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century
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Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century

  1. 214 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century

About this book

The skills, creativity, and research developed through higher education are major factors in any society's success in creating jobs and advancing prosperity. Universities and colleges play a vital r le in expanding opportunity and promoting social justice. The papers in this book reflect the main objective of a conference held in June 2007 at Ahlia

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Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Welcome message
  5. Participating universities and institutions
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Organization
  8. Keynote papers and abstracts
  9. International education and strategic partnerships— a key to success
  10. Building a university research culture
  11. Challenges facing the privatization of higher education in the Arab World
  12. Educational outcomes and industry needs
  13. Research in higher education institutions
  14. Private education in the Arab World: Overcoming the challenges
  15. Papers and abstracts by other delegates
  16. Challenges and new trends in higher education
  17. Enhancement of quality assurance of higher education in Arab countries
  18. Building capacity for labour-market flexibility in a globalized world: The role of universities
  19. Accreditation of learning institutions
  20. Educational priorities for the twenty-first century: Multi-cultural challenging strategies for the amelioration of higher education in Bahrain
  21. University-based knowledge networks in the GCC: Opportunities and challenges
  22. Enabling university excellence through a human resource strategy
  23. Quality of education in developing countries
  24. Reference framework for active learning in higher education
  25. The impact of blended learning to enhance the quality of higher education
  26. Revitalizing research in Gulf universities through the scholarship of teaching and learning
  27. The role of technologically-enhanced and interactive e-learning systems in the delivery and content quality of degree and continuing education programmes in management
  28. Ingredients of successful partnerships among higher education institutions: The case of the University of Westminster
  29. Higher education mapping of GCC countries: An analytical framework of strengths and opportunities
  30. Delivering quality higher education through e-learning: A conceptual view
  31. Towards quality assurance and outstanding scientific research in higher education institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain
  32. Robust virtual reality environment for improving disability learning skills
  33. Prescriptions for educational quality assurance in the Kingdom of Bahrain
  34. Teaching and learning for the 21st century: A case for the Liberal Arts
  35. On the road to academic accreditation: The importance of research and balanced curricula
  36. Bibliographical notes of editors and authors
  37. The invited speakers
  38. The delegates
  39. Author index
  40. Back cover