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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author TEZCAN-UNAL, Burcu
Title The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates : In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities / Burcu Tezcan-Unal
Publication year 2019
Source/Footnote In: Quality assurance and accreditation in foreign language education : global issues, model, and best practices from the Middle East and Turkey / Donald F. Staub (Ed.). - Cham : Springer, 2019. - S. 93 - 110
Inventory number 48954
Keywords Ausland : Vereinigte Arabische Emirate : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Hochschule und Staat : allgemein ; Qualitätssicherung
Abstract In less than five decades, from offering formal education only in a few schools to a small tribal community to providing a selection of three public and approximately 100 private higher education institutions to the citizens of seven emirates creates a unique context in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is an evolution that corresponds with its remarkable economic growth. Quality assurance of diverse higher educational institutions requires complex schemes to ensure their fitness for purpose, while perhaps development and enhancement aspects need time to mature. The quality of the education is especially important because the UAE yearns for the diversified and knowledge-based economy; one that is led by its own citizens whose contribution to the workforce is currently less than 10%. This chapter highlights contextual complexities in the UAE that might have direct and/or indirect impacts on the quality experiences in the higher education sector, with proposed recommendations. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)
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