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