Higher Education In The Gulf

Problems and Prospects

edited by K.E. Shaw and contributions by Fawzia Al-Farsi, Sulaiman Al-Jassim, 'Ali J. 'Allaq, Khalif Al-Saadi, Khalifa A. Al-Suwaidi, Humaid AL Banna, Mohamed El-Shibiny, Kamil Mahdi, Andrew Rathmell, Nathir Sara and K.E. Shaw

Book cover: Higher Education In The Gulf

Extent: 240 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Social Sciences 

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(January 1998)

ISBN: 9780859895156

6.1 x 9.17 inches

Price: $112.00

In stock

This book will be useful to those in the West and in the Middle East with an interest in the contemporary state of the higher educational system in the region and in education in general. It concentrates on the Gulf, but the problems of control, development, curriculum and purpose in higher education are found throughout the Middle East.


This book will be of value to those in the West and in the Middle East with an interest in the contemporary state of the higher educational system in the region and in comparative education in general. It concentrates on the Gulf, but the problems of control, development, curriculum and purpose in higher education are general throughout the Middle East. Its contributors are mainly academics working in universities in the Gulf region. Higher Education in the Gulf stresses the need for engagement with the problems of the Gulf States as developing countries and the roles which practical, locally-based research can play in promoting balanced, self-reliant development. For too long work in the West relating to the Gulf has concentrated on oil, military and political issues, and this book looks beyond these to the neglected areas of social, cultural and human capital aspects of modernisation. It is deliberately intended to suggest and promote research.

Gulf higher education - overview from the West and some themes for research, K.E. Shaw
internal evaluation in higher education - towards a model for Third World countries, Nathir G. Sara
quantifiable and unquantifiable costs and benefits of higher education in an Arab Gulf context, Kamil Mahdi
strategic studies in the Gulf, A. Rathmell
the dialogue of ink, blood and water - higher education in Iraq, progress and problems, A.J. Allaq
higher education in Oman - its development and prospects, M. al-Shibiny
higher education in the UAE - history and prospects, Khalifa al-Suwaidi
prospects of higher education in the UAE - the higher colleges of technology, S. al-Jassim
Sudanese influences on Gulf higher education, H.O. Ahmed
Omanisation and faculty development in Oman, F.N. al-Farsi
faculty and administration in Oman, Khalifa al-Saadi
curriculum and teacher training in the UAE, H.A. al-Banna.

  • Contributions by Fawzia Al-Farsi
  • Contributions by Sulaiman Al-Jassim
  • Contributions by ‘Ali J. ‘Allaq
  • Contributions by Khalif Al-Saadi
  • Contributions by Khalifa A. Al-Suwaidi
  • Contributions by Humaid AL Banna
  • Contributions by Mohamed El-Shibiny
  • Contributions by Kamil Mahdi
  • Contributions by Andrew Rathmell
  • Contributions by Nathir Sara
  • Contributions by K.E. Shaw
  • Edited by K.E. Shaw