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Academic Freedom and Knowledge Tradition of the Arab Heritage
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Derbesh, Mabruk – On the Horizon, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to confront some of the many facets of academic freedom as a whole, including the shared concerns with Western academia, its relationship to the politics of Arab society and the relevance of these issues within local political domains. It attempts to profile the problems hindering societal progress beyond the seemingly…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Arabs, Political Attitudes, Islam
Ideologies, Strategies and Higher Education Development: A Comparison of China's University Partnerships with the Soviet Union and Africa over Space and Time
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Li, Jun – Comparative Education, 2017
University partnerships have been a key dimension of higher education development. Based on documentary analysis and empirical data, this study compares two distinctive models of university partnership experienced by China, first as a "recipient" with the Soviet Union in the 1950s and later as a "provider" with African…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Confucianism, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries
Arab Protests May Open Door for U.S. Scholars
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Wheeler, David L.; Wilhelm, Ian – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2011
As protesters across the Arab world demand an end to autocratic regimes that have drained universities of resources and suffocated critical thinking, scholars see some hope of an Arab renaissance and a new opening for American involvement. From the ancient Library of Alexandria to a new Islamic-arts museum in Qatar that holds 700-year-old…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Research and Development, International Education, Universities
Universities and Social Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Global Rhetoric and Local Contradictions
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Lebeau, Yann – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2008
This paper's principal purpose is to explore the range of ways in which African universities act as public institutions--i.e. how they both are shaped by and influence the social, political and economic contexts in which they are situated. In particular, it considers the multiple dimensions, often resulting in tensions in contexts of poverty,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Social Change, Foreign Countries
Higher Education and Social Change. Promising Experiments in Developing Countries. Volume 2: Case Studies.
Thompson, Kenneth W., Ed.; And Others – 1977
Presented are the results of a study made by developing country educators for twelve national and international agencies, directed and coordinated by the International Council for Educational Development. Volume 2 contains the reports of 25 case studies of higher education institutions and systems in Africa, Asia, and Latin America: University of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Higher Education and Social Change. Promising Experiments in Developing Countries. Volume 1: Reports.
Thompson, Kenneth W.; Fogel, Barbara R. – 1976
Presented are the results of a study made by developing country educators for twelve national and international agencies, directed and coordinated by the International Council for Educational Development. Contents are in four parts: (1) the final report of the project; (2) summaries of the case studies carried out by regional teams in Africa,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Foreign Countries