Missions Impossible: Higher Education and Policymaking in the Arab World

by John Waterbury

A rigorous examination of higher education policymaking in the Arab world

None of the momentous challenges Arab universities face is unique either in kind or degree. Other societies exhibit some of the same pathologies--insufficient resources, high drop-out rates, feeble contributions to research and development, inappropriate skill formation for existing job markets, weak research incentive structures, weak institutional autonomy, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774169638
• ISBN13: 9789774169632
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"