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Facilitating Tertiary Educational Change in the Middle East: From Defining Cultures to a Culture of Quality. Ken Beatty, Mike Berrell, Tim Martin, Peter Scanlan . New economic realities. Rapid growth in the Middle East’s Education Sector New universities, branch campuses, and new models.
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Facilitating Tertiary Educational Change in the Middle East: From Defining Cultures to a Culture of Quality Ken Beatty, Mike Berrell, Tim Martin, Peter Scanlan
New economic realities • Rapid growth in the Middle East’s Education Sector • New universities, branch campuses, and new models
Explosive growth (and explosions) • Success stories • Challenges
Moving to international standards • Program and institution accreditation • Quality Improvement • UAE Government Bodies • CAA/HECC
Ensuring quality through process • Accreditation of private institutions • Licensure • Program approval
Stakeholders • Students • Parents • Faculty • Administrators • Government at various levels • Quality Assurance Agencies
Stakeholder expectations • Inherent clashes
Western roots of quality • From the USA to Japan to round the world
Implicit and explicit cultural dimensions • National cultures • Target institution • Individuals and organizations aiding in implementation
Implicit culture • … internalized and not necessarily discussed or displayed in an open way
Explicit culture • … externalized and more accessible–though not necessarily fully comprehensible–to one outside the particular culture
Implications • Culture • From wastato where? • Quality • Next generation?