The past, present, and future of higher education in the Arabian Gulf region : critical comparative perspectives in a neoliberal era / edited by Awad Ibrahim and Osman Z. Barnawi
Introduction : the pulse of higher education in the Arabian Gulf / Awad Ibrahim & Osman Barnawi -- Seven decades of higher education in Saudi Arabia : a Foucauldian genealogy / Abdullah Al-Shiki -- The history of higher education in Kuwait / Abbas Al-Shammari -- A historical archaeology of higher education in the Sultanate of Oman : a critical social and education policy perspective / Ali S.M. Al-Issa & Noor Al-Najjar -- History of higher education in Qatar : a genealogy / Wafaa Morsy & Awad Ibrahim -- The coming of age in the UAE higher education : the march of the young nation to a postmodern era / Negmeldin Omer Alsheikh -- Higher education in Bahrain : current trends, successes, challenges, and future possibilities / Paul MacLeod -- Development of higher education in Bahrain / Aizhan Shomotova & Tatiana Karabchuk -- Higher education in Saudi Arabia / Suliman Jenkins -- Development of the higher education in the UAE : challenges and current achievements / Aizhan Shomotova & Tatiana Karabchuk -- Negotiating between Cultural and Academic Values: Undergraduate Education Choices and Divisions in the State of Qatar / Sara Hillman -- Development of the higher education system in Kuwait / Aizhan Shomotova & Tatiana Karabchuk -- Higher education in the Sultanate of Oman today / Fatma Al Kaf & Ali Al-Issa -- Epilogue : the pulse of the development of higher education across the Gulf countries in the era of neoliberalism : conclusion, limitations, and future prospects / Habib Boughadah
"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."-- Provided by publisher
