The Past, Present, and Future of Higher Education in the Arabian Gulf Region
Critical Comparative Perspectives in a Neoliberal Era
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The Past, Present, and Future of Higher Education in the Arabian Gulf Region
Critical Comparative Perspectives in a Neoliberal Era
About this book
This edited volume contributes a novel understanding of the past, present and future of higher education across the six countries that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Against the backdrop of intense political, ideological and epistemological disruptions across the Arabian Gulf Region over the last two decades, this volume adopts critical comparative perspectives in order to chart the history, present-day and future realities of higher education in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. By focusing on dynamics relating to neoliberalism, and using the notions of 'tensionality' and 'locality' to situate topics such as curricula, policies, practices, the volume engages with current discourses, controversies and themes such as the internationalization and marketization of higher education in these countries. In doing so, the book offers a theoretical framework to enable greater understanding of the contemporary functioning of higher education in the Arabian Gulf Region.
This text will benefit scholars, academics and students in the fields of higher education and international and comparative education more broadly. Those involved with educational policy and politics, and Middle Eastern studies in general, will also benefit from this volume.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Pulse of Higher Education in the Arabian Gulf
- 1 Seven Decades of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: A Foucauldian Genealogy
- 2 The History of Higher Education in Kuwait
- 3 A Historical Archaeology of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman: A Critical Social and Education Policy Perspective
- 4 History of Higher Education in Qatar: A Genealogy
- 5 The Coming of Age in UAE Higher Education: The March of the Young Nation to a Postmodern Era
- 6 Higher Education in Bahrain: Current Trends, Successes, Challenges and Future Possibilities
- 7 Development of Higher Education in Bahrain
- 8 Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: A Vehicle for Global Promotion and Advancement
- 9 Development of the Higher Education in the UAE: Challenges and Current Achievements
- 10 Negotiating between Cultural and Academic Values: Undergraduate Education Choices and Divisions in the State of Qatar
- 11 Development of the Higher Education System in Kuwait
- 12 Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman Today
- 13 Epilogue: The Pulse of the Development of Higher Education across the Gulf Countries in the Era of Neoliberalism: Conclusion, Limitations and Future Prospects
- Index