Chapter 1: Introduction: The Political and socio-economic emergence of the Arabian Gulf Chapter 2: The Global Expansion of Higher Education: Alternative Perspectives Chapter 3: Globalization of education and the GCC Chapter 4: The Multi-model approach to privatization: Questions of sustainability Chapter 5: GCC Public universities: Growing pains Chapter 6: Assessing quality: Adopting Western standards of accreditation Chapter 7: Reforming higher education in Saudi Arabia: Reasons for optimism Chapter 8: Arabic in higher education: Questions of national identity and pragmatism Chapter 9: Higher education revolutions: Short term success vs long term viability
Fatima Badry is professor of linguistics in the department of
English at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE. Her
research interests include language acquisition, bilingualism,
education policy and globalization and the impact of global English
on Arab identity.
John Willoughby is professor of economics at American University.
After teaching at the American University of Sharjah, he has
devoted his time to studying labor migration and educational issues
in the GCC.
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