Degrees of Dignity: Arab Higher Education in the Global Era

Elizabeth Buckner

Open Access Published by University of Toronto Press 2022

Degrees of Dignity

Arab Higher Education in the Global Era

Elizabeth Buckner
Funded by: University of Toronto Libraries

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487546700

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About this book

Degrees of Dignity examines how global discourses and policy models are affecting and altering contemporary higher education systems in the Arab Middle East and North Africa.

Author / Editor information

Buckner Elizabeth :

Elizabeth Buckner is an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Reviews

Shana Cohen, Affiliated Lecturer of Sociology, University of Cambridge and Director, Think Tank for Action on Social Change:

"Degrees of Dignity demonstrates how higher education has evolved in the Arab world and how the relation between government policy and public expectations has become inevitably dysfunctional. Elizabeth Buckner argues that the rhetoric of ‘failure’ and ‘crisis’ perpetuate the problems in higher education, rather than resolve them, and ends up undermining positive trends."

John Waterbury, Former President, American University of Beirut:

"Based on over fifteen years’ experience in several Arab countries, Degrees of Dignity provides an excellent overview of the educational challenges currently facing the Arab world. Elizabeth Buckner concludes that there is a lot that is going right in that domain while cautioning that western models, emerging from neo-liberal assumptions, are part of the problem rather than the solution. Buckner convincingly argues that other systems have much to learn from their Arab peers."

Natasha Ridge, Executive Director, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research:

"Degrees of Dignity is a tour de force of a work on higher education in the Arab world. This book paints both a nuanced and sympathetic portrait of higher education, while Elizabeth Buckner’s attention to detail makes this a most engaging volume. I highly recommend it for policy makers and academics."

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	vii
Tables and Figures Open Access Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	xi
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
1 The University and the Arab World Open Access Download PDF	22
2 Sorting Students, Determining Fates Open Access Download PDF	51
3 The Question of Quality Open Access Download PDF	85
4 Privatizing the Public Good Open Access Download PDF	119
5 Internationalizing the National University Open Access Download PDF	144
6 Between Knowledge and Truth Open Access Download PDF	168
Conclusion: Rethinking Higher Education and Development Open Access Download PDF	201
References Open Access Download PDF	207
Index Open Access Download PDF	235

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Other: 8 b&w figures, 9 b&w tables
Keywords: Arab higher education; higher education in the Middle East; higher education in North Africa; Middle East; North Africa; National university; private university

eBook

Published: November 17, 2021
ISBN: 9781487546700