Organization, Management and Academic Problems in the Arab University: The Kuwait University Experience.

Al-Ebraheem, Hassan Ali; Stevens, Richard P.

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Organization, Management and Academic Problems in the Arab University: The Kuwait University Experience.

Al-Ebraheem, Hassan Ali; Stevens, Richard P.

Higher Education, v9 n2 p203-18 Mar 1980

The modern university is seen as an alien phenomenon in the Arab world, where it lacks societal support. Kuwait University is a microcosm of the Arab university with peculiar problems arising from unequal admissions standards, traditional societal values, paucity of indigenous staff, inexperienced administrators, etc. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission (School), Career Choice, College Administration, Enrollment, Faculty Recruitment, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Organization, Public Support, Social Problems, Student Motivation, Universities

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