AU - Badran, Adnan AU - Baydoun, Elias AU - Hillman, John R. AB - This book focuses on two crucial issues that need to be addressed as a matter of urgency by universities in the Arab region, namely (a) conducting independent assessments of the quality of their teaching, research, administration, governance, and planning; and (b) determining the relevance of their teaching, research, and societal impacts. Although well-established around the world in manufacturing industries and private-sector service industries, including the research and commercialisation arms of the major universities and research institutes, it is only in recent years that quality-assurance (QA) assessments have started to be applied to most aspects education. Several Arab universities are adopting various forms of QA but some variants are little more than bureaucratic “box-ticking” exercises with minimal commitment by staff to the ultimate aim of continuing self-improvement. This book will be of interest to senior management at faculty and departmental level and above in all Arab universities specifically, and more generally in Islamic institutions of higher education. Senior management in other universities, especially in the developing world will benefit from its analyses and recommendations. (Publisher's abstract) http://search.shamaa.org/abstract_en.gif OP - I-VI, 382 p. PB - Cham Springer 2019 PP - Cham Springer 2019 SN - 9783030037734 SN - 9783030037741 T1 - Major challenges facing higher education in the Arab world : quality assurance and relevance [Book] UL - 1 http://search.shamaa.org/fulltext.gif http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/FIELD/Beirut/pdf/book1.pdf Full text (PDF) YR - Cham Springer 2019