Christopher Davidson & Peter Mackenzie Smith 
Higher Education in the Gulf States [EPUB ebook] 
Shaping Economies, Politics and Culture

Acknowledgments Introduction, by Peter Mackenzie Smith 1. Higher Education in the Gulf: a historical background Christopher Davidson 2. Reforming Higher Education : the GCC highway in the shadow of the World Bank road Mari Luomi 3. Policy Politics of Higher Education in the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States: intersections of globality, regionalism and locality Andre Elias Mazawi 4. Institutionalising Charisma: comparative perspectives on the promise of higher education Gregory Starrett 5. Towards a Regional Quality Assurance Agency for the Middle East and Gulf Region Moudi al-Humoud 6. The Dilemma of Gender-Separated Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates Jane Bristol-Rhys 7. The United Arab Emirates and Policy Priorities for Higher Education Warren H. Fox 8. International Higher Education: ownership and opportunities – a case study of the British University in Dubai David J. Lock 9. Quality Issues Affecting Higher Education in Bahrain Khalil Y. al-Khalili 10. The Challenges of Vocational Training: BIBF, an institute of higher education Mohammed Alkhozai 11. The Contribution of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences to Scientific Education and Training at the National, Regional and Global Level Ali A. al-Shamlan 12. The Potential Contribution of GCC Universities to International Development Digby Swift Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index 1

Christopher Davidson is a lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics at the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University. Peter Mackenzie Smith worked for the British Council and was Director of Education for GEC and Marconi. He directed a series of five strategic forums on education and training between the UK and the Middle East.