The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities
Document Type
Book Chapter
Source of Publication
Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education
Publication Date
7-31-2019
Abstract
In less than five decades, from offering formal education only in a few schools to a small tribal community to providing a selection of three public and approximately 100 private higher education institutions to the citizens of seven emirates creates a unique context in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is an evolution that corresponds with its remarkable economic growth. Quality assurance of diverse higher educational institutions requires complex schemes to ensure their fitness for purpose, while perhaps development and enhancement aspects need time to mature. The quality of the education is especially important because the UAE yearns for the diversified and knowledge-based economy; one that is led by its own citizens whose contribution to the workforce is currently less than 10%. This chapter highlights contextual complexities in the UAE that might have direct and/or indirect impacts on the quality experiences in the higher education sector, with proposed recommendations.
DOI Link
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
First Page
93
Last Page
110
Disciplines
Education | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Tezcan-Unal, Burcu, "The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities" (2019). All Works. 3445.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/3445
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Open Access
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