Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century

Front cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
Welcome message......Page 10
Participating universities and institutions......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Organization......Page 16
Keynote papers and abstracts......Page 18
International education and strategic partnerships— a key to success......Page 20
Building a university research culture......Page 26
Challenges facing the privatization of higher education in the Arab World......Page 32
Educational outcomes and industry needs......Page 38
Research in higher education institutions......Page 40
Private education in the Arab World: Overcoming the challenges......Page 42
Papers and abstracts by other delegates......Page 44
Challenges and new trends in higher education......Page 46
Enhancement of quality assurance of higher education in Arab countries......Page 64
Building capacity for labour-market flexibility in a globalized world: The role of universities......Page 74
Accreditation of learning institutions......Page 88
Educational priorities for the twenty-first century: Multi-cultural challenging strategies for the amelioration of higher education in Bahrain......Page 102
University-based knowledge networks in the GCC: Opportunities and challenges......Page 112
Enabling university excellence through a human resource strategy......Page 124
Quality of education in developing countries......Page 126
Reference framework for active learning in higher education......Page 130
The impact of blended learning to enhance the quality of higher education......Page 138
Revitalizing research in Gulf universities through the scholarship of teaching and learning......Page 146
The role of technologically-enhanced and interactive e-learning systems in the delivery and content quality of degree and continuing education programmes in management......Page 156
Ingredients of successful partnerships among higher education institutions: The case of the University of Westminster......Page 160
Higher education mapping of GCC countries: An analytical framework of strengths and opportunities......Page 166
Delivering quality higher education through e-learning: A conceptual view......Page 180
Towards quality assurance and outstanding scientific research in higher education institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain......Page 194
Robust virtual reality environment for improving disability learning skills......Page 196
Prescriptions for educational quality assurance in the Kingdom of Bahrain......Page 198
Teaching and learning for the 21st century: A case for the Liberal Arts......Page 200
On the road to academic accreditation: The importance of research and balanced curricula......Page 202
Bibliographical notes of editors and authors......Page 204
The invited speakers......Page 206
The delegates......Page 208
Author index......Page 214
Back cover......Page 216