03085nam 22006135 450 991058555640332120220110023848.01-4875-2896-510.3138/9781487528966(CKB)5590000000881835(DE-B1597)596762(DE-B1597)9781487528966(MiAaPQ)EBC7021153(Au-PeEL)EBL7021153(OCoLC)1317362144(EXLCZ)99559000000088183520220110h20212021 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDegrees of Dignity Arab Higher Education in the Global Era /Elizabeth Buckner1st ed.Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2021]©20211 online resource (288 p.) 8 figures1-4875-2894-9 Presenting an analyses of higher education in eight countries in the Arab Middle East and North Africa, Degrees of Dignity works to dismantle narratives of crisis and assert approaches to institutional reform. Drawing on policy documents, media narratives, interviews, and personal experiences, Elizabeth Buckner explores how apolitical external reform models become contested and modified by local actors in ways that are simultaneously complicated, surprising, and even inspiring. Degrees of Dignity documents how the global discourses of neoliberalism have legitimized specific policy models for higher education reform in the Arab world, including quality assurance, privatization, and internationalization. Through a multi-level and comparative analysis, this book examines how policy models are implemented, with often complex results, in countries throughout the region. Ultimately, Degrees of Dignity calls on the field of higher education development to rethink current approaches to higher education reform: rather than viewing the Arab world as a site for intervention, it argues that the Arab world can act as a source for insight on resilient higher education systems.ArabsEducation (Higher)Education, HigherArab countriesHigher education and stateArab countriesEDUCATION / HigherbisacshArab countriesfastArab higher education.Middle East.National university.North Africa.higher education in North Africa.higher education in the Middle East.private university.ArabsEducation (Higher).Education, HigherHigher education and stateEDUCATION / Higher.379.1/2140956cci1icclaccBuckner Elizabeth, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1222528DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910585556403321Degrees of Dignity2835452UNINA