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Western Higher Education in Asia and the Middle East: Politics, Economics, and Pedagogy by [Kevin Gray, Hassan Bashir, Stephen Keck, Bryan Alexander, Adeela Arshad-Ayaz, Fatima Badry, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Janel Curry, Boufeldja Ghiat, Michael Gow, Kevin W. Gray, Amani Hamdan Alghamdi, Jerry Logan, M. Ayaz Naseem, Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar, Mark Rush, Nancy Small, John Willoughby]

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This multidisciplinary volume highlights the transformed nature of the relationship between higher education and society in the 21st century. In particular, it argues that the development of the global university, especially in the non-western world, has transformed the traditional understanding of the relationship between higher education and society. This has important implications for the relations of state, as education has not only become an object of national development policy but for many states an important export.

The history of the university reflects the decisive social transformations which have given definition and identity to both new nations and modern societies. In the post-war period, universities in the industrialized world underwent a radical shift. The mass expansion of higher education ensured that universities were no longer centers designed to train youth to assume the leadership positions held by previous generations. Instead universities were to become centers where job skills could be imparted and knowledge produced, refined and used in the newly emerging Cold War economies, and where students could develop the skills necessary for employment in a changing world. Rather than focusing on the refinement of future leaders, the task of the university became linked to the development of economically exploitable technical knowledge.

A shift of comparable magnitude is now ongoing in the nature of higher education itself. Globalization has led to the growth of knowledge communities around the world, mirroring the rise of centers for global finance in previous decades. In the Middle East and Asia the demands of the knowledge-based economy have led to the opening of new indigenous universities and branch campuses and partnerships with established European and North American universities. Education City in Qatar, for instance, has received or been pledged more than 200 billion dollars since its inception.

The growth of new indigenous universities has altered the traditional role of the university further, increasing the emphasis on courses which are close to the marketplace. These new partnerships have contributed to the creation of what is now referred to as the global university.

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21 December 2016
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There is much talk of a neo-liberal global knowledge economy but little analysis of its impact on higher education outside dominant centres of knowledge production. This superb edited collection redresses that imbalance and enables us to understand the neo-liberal knowledge regime as not only an economic project but also an exercise in cultural hegemony. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Kevin Gray is assistant professor of philosophy in the Department of International Studies at the American University of Sharjah. Hassan Bashir is associate professor of political science at Texas A&M University at Qatar. Stephen Keck is academic director and professor of history at Emirates Diplomatic Academy. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N0TANPP
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lexington Books (21 December 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6482 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1498526004

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Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar’s award winning books have focused on various aspects of life in the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar. From Dunes to Dior is a collection of essays related to her experiences as a female South Asian American living in the Arabian Gulf and named as Indie Book of the Day in 2013. Love Comes Later is a literary romance set in Qatar and London and was the winner of the Best Indie Book Award for Romance in 2013, short listed for the New Talent award by the Festival of Romance, and Best Novel Finalist in eFestival of Words, 2013. She currently lives with her family in Qatar, where she teaches writing and literature courses at American universities.

After she joined the e-book revolution, Mohana dreams in plotlines. Learn more about her work on her website at www.mohadoha.com or follow her latest on Twitter: @moha_doha.

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