1st Edition
Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century
214 Pages
by
CRC Press
214 Pages
by
CRC Press
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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 rôle 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 University, Kingdom of Bahrain, which was to... Read more
Introduction; Participating universities and institutions; Keynote papers and abstracts: International education and strategic partnerships—a key to success; Building a university research culture; Challenges facing the privatization of higher education in the Arab World; Educational outcomes and industry needs; Research in higher education institutions; Private education in the Arab World: Overcoming the challenges; Papers and abstracts by other delegates.
Biography
Abdulla Y. Al-Hawaj, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain. Wajeeh Elali, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain. E.H. Twizell,School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics Brunel University, UK.
