ken beatty, mike berrell, tim martin, peter scanlan
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 storiesChallenges
Moving to international standards
Program and institution accreditation
Quality ImprovementUAE Government Bodies
CAA/HECC
Ensuring quality through process
Accreditation of private institutions
LicensureProgram approval
StakeholdersStudentsParentsFacultyAdministratorsGovernment at various levelsQuality 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 culturesTarget 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
CultureFrom wasta to where?QualityNext generation?
Questions