Higher Education Revolutions in the Gulf: Globalization and Institutional Viability

by John Willoughby and Fatima Badry

Book Overview

Over the past quarter century, the people of the Arabian Peninsula have witnessed a revolutionary transformation in higher education. In 1990, there were fewer than ten public universities that offered their Arabic-language curricula in sex-segregated settings to national citizens only. In 2015, there are more than one hundred public, semi-public, and private colleges and universities. Most of these institutions are open to expatriates and national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367866986
• ISBN13: 9780367866983
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"