Missions Impossible : Higher Education and Policymaking in the Arab World.
Waterbury, John.
Missions Impossible : Higher Education and Policymaking in the Arab World. - La Vergne, UNITED STATES : The American University in Cairo Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (337 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface: Brainstorming Arab Higher Education -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Orders of Magnitude -- 2 The Modern Flagship Universities of the Arab World -- 3 Politics and the University -- 4 Excellence in Higher Education: Enabler and Enabled -- 5 Governance: Why Does It Matter? -- 6 Reform in Tight Places -- 7 Innovation and Critical Linkages -- 8 Feeding the Beast: Financing Tertiary Education -- 9 Living in the Beast: Neither Ivory nor a Tower Conclusion: Gradual or Disruptive Change? -- Appendix to Chapter 1 -- Interviews -- Notes -- References
9781649030078
Higher education and state--Arab countries.
Education, Higher--Arab countries.
Universities and colleges--Arab countries.
Electronic Books.
LC171 / .M577 2020
Missions Impossible : Higher Education and Policymaking in the Arab World. - La Vergne, UNITED STATES : The American University in Cairo Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (337 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface: Brainstorming Arab Higher Education -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Orders of Magnitude -- 2 The Modern Flagship Universities of the Arab World -- 3 Politics and the University -- 4 Excellence in Higher Education: Enabler and Enabled -- 5 Governance: Why Does It Matter? -- 6 Reform in Tight Places -- 7 Innovation and Critical Linkages -- 8 Feeding the Beast: Financing Tertiary Education -- 9 Living in the Beast: Neither Ivory nor a Tower Conclusion: Gradual or Disruptive Change? -- Appendix to Chapter 1 -- Interviews -- Notes -- References
9781649030078
Higher education and state--Arab countries.
Education, Higher--Arab countries.
Universities and colleges--Arab countries.
Electronic Books.
LC171 / .M577 2020