Higher Education in the Gulf Quality Drivers Routledge Research in Higher Education Series

This authoritative edited volume examines the drivers of higher education in the Gulf region. It offers insightful analyses and examines contemporary pedagogical, management, strategic, and relevant issues on quality education that confront higher education institutions.

Written by higher education specialists, curriculum developers, and policy makers from diverse international backgrounds, the book analyses issues affecting the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, with a particular focus on Oman and Saudi Arabia. It is divided into regional and non-regional drivers and considers drivers as potent enablers of a management system and educational structure at the intersection of quality education and quality management in higher education. Chapters include discussion of organisational, management, and policy issues including strategic innovation, internationalisation, quality assurance, and global rankings of higher education institutes. The book includes discussion of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching and learning policies, practices, and programmes.

This book will serve as an essential reference for quality management in higher education institutions in the Gulf, and will be highly relevant reading for academics, researchers, and students of higher education, education management, and quality education in the Gulf region.

Introduction

Part 1 – Regional Drivers of Quality Education

Chapter 1:

Improving the Quality of Corporate Identity Management among Higher Education

Institutions in the Gulf: A Conceptual Model

Bahtiar Mohamad and Ridwan Raji Adetunji

Chapter 2:

Pursuing Innovation as a Strategy for Improving Quality of Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities Facing GCC Countries

Seungah S. Lee and Cameron Mirza

Chapter 3:

A Critical Insight into the Gulf Higher Education Landscape: A National Innovation System Would Enhance the Role of Higher Education as an Effective Vehicle for Developing a Knowledge Economy

Malak Hamdan and Cameron Mirza

Chapter 4:

Quality Enhancement through Internationalisation at GCC Universities

Mariam Orkodashvili

Chapter 5:

Global Rankings as Yardstick of Quality of Higher Education: Voices from Gulf-based Academics

Reynaldo Gacho Segumpan and Joanna Soraya Abu Zahari

Chapter 6:

Quality Drivers in Gulf Higher Education: Conclusion

John McAlaney

Part 2 – Non-Regional Drivers of Quality Education

Chapter 7:

How Did the Largest Overseas Scholarship Programme in History Narrow the Gender Capabilities Gap in Saudi Arabia?

Abdul Ghaffar Mughal

Chapter 8:

Quality Prospects in Higher Education: A Case of Oman

Khuram Shahzad and Muhammad Rehan Shaukat

Chapter 9:

Funding Quality Higher Education in Oman

Mouza Said AlKalbani and Ahmad Bin Touq

Chapter 10:

How Internationalisation Facilitates the Development of National Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Mongolia and Oman

Bolorsaikhan Omboosuren and Orkhon Gantogtokh

Chapter 11:

An Empirical Investigation of Students' Opinion Regarding Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Education in Saudi Arabian Universities

Anis Ur Rehman and Samina Fazli

Chapter 12:

Quality Drivers in Oman and Saudi Arabia: Conclusion

Reynaldo Gacho Segumpan

Reynaldo Gacho Segumpan is Head of the Department of Business Administration, Rustaq College of Education, Ministry of Higher Education, Sultanate of Oman. He has several research and book chapter publications on higher education and social sciences.

John McAlaney is Associate Professor in Psychology, Bournemouth University, UK. He is Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Scientist and has worked extensively to develop links between education, research, and professional practice.