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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254967503321

Autore

Bevis Teresa Brawner

Titolo

Higher Education Exchange between America and the Middle East through the Twentieth Century / / by Teresa Brawner Bevis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-56860-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 214 p.)

Classificazione

EDU015000EDU020000EDU036000EDU040000EDU016000

Disciplina

370.116

Soggetti

Educational sociology

Ethnology—Middle East 

Higher education

International education 

Comparative education

Education—History

School management and organization

School administration

Sociology of Education

Middle Eastern Culture

Higher Education

International and Comparative Education

History of Education

Administration, Organization and Leadership

United States Foreign relations Middle East History

Middle East Foreign relations United States History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Higher Education Exchange between America and the Middle East through the Twentieth Century reveals the inspirations behind post-war initiatives such as AMIDEAST and the Fulbright Program and their impacts on education exchange. Brawner discusses enrollments by



country and the factors that influenced education exchange through the end of the twentieth century. Included throughout are stories of individuals who helped shape the rich and volatile history of America's academic connections with the Middle East.