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Facilitating Tertiary Educational Change in the Middle East: From Defining Cultures to a Culture of Quality
Ken Beatty, Mike Berrell, Tim Martin, Peter Scanlan
New economic realities
Rapid growth in the Middle East’s Education Sector
New universities, branch campuses, and new models
Explosive growth (and explosions)
Success stories
Challenges
Moving to international standards
Program and institution accreditation
Quality Improvement
UAE Government Bodies CAA/HECC
Ensuring quality through process
Accreditation of private institutions
Licensure
Program approval
Stakeholders
Students
Parents
Faculty
Administrators
Government at various levels
Quality Assurance Agencies
Stakeholder expectations
Inherent clashes
Western roots of quality
From the USA to Japan to round the world
Implicit and explicit cultural dimensions
National cultures
Target institution
Individuals and organizations aiding in implementation
Implicit culture
… internalized and not necessarily discussed or displayed in an open way
Explicit culture
… externalized and more accessible–though not necessarily fully comprehensible–to one outside the particular culture
Managing quality across cultures
The convergence of expert opinion
Implications
Culture
From wasta to where?
Quality
Next generation?
Questions