{"product_id":"degrees-of-dignity-arab-higher-education-in-the-global-era-paperback-softback-9781487528959","title":"Degrees of Dignity; Arab Higher Education in the Global Era (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487528959","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDegrees of Dignity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eArab Higher Education in the Global Era\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Buckner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487528959\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w figures, 9 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting an analysis of higher education in eight countries in the Arab Middle East and North Africa,\u003ci\u003e Degrees of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDegrees of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUltimately,\u003ci\u003e Degrees of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The University and the Arab World\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Sorting Students, Determining Fates\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Question of Quality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Privatizing the Public Good\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Internationalizing the National University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Between Knowledge and Truth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Rethinking Higher Education and Development\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52694229451032,"sku":"9781487528959","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/degrees-of-dignity-arab-higher-education-in-the-global-era-paperback-softback-9781487528959","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}