The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities

Burcu Tezcan-Unal

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21421-0_7

The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities

Burcu Tezcan-Unal

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Abstract

In less than five decades, from offering formal education only in a few schools to a small tribal community to providing a selection of three public and approximately 100 private higher education institutions to the citizens of seven emirates creates a unique context in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is an evolution that corresponds with its remarkable economic growth. Quality assurance of diverse higher educational institutions requires complex schemes to ensure their fitness for purpose, while perhaps development and enhancement aspects need time to mature. The quality of the education is especially important because the UAE yearns for the diversified and knowledge-based economy; one that is led by its own citizens whose contribution to the workforce is currently less than 10%. This chapter highlights contextual complexities in the UAE that might have direct and/or indirect impacts on the quality experiences in the higher education sector, with proposed recommendations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education
Subtitle of host publication	Global Issues, Models, and Best Practices from the Middle East and Turkey
Editors	Donald F. Staub
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer Nature
Chapter	7
Pages	93-110
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-21421-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-21420-3, 978-3-030-21423-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21421-0_7
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2019

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

higher education
Quality
knowledge economy
English-Medium Instruction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences(all)

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Tezcan-Unal, B. (2019). The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities. In D. F. Staub (Ed.), Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education: Global Issues, Models, and Best Practices from the Middle East and Turkey (pp. 93-110). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21421-0_7

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The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities. / Tezcan-Unal, Burcu.
Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education: Global Issues, Models, and Best Practices from the Middle East and Turkey. ed. / Donald F. Staub. Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2019. p. 93-110.

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Tezcan-Unal B. The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities. In Staub DF, editor, Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Foreign Language Education: Global Issues, Models, and Best Practices from the Middle East and Turkey. Switzerland: Springer Nature. 2019. p. 93-110 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-21421-0_7

The Experience of Quality in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: In Times of Rapid Change and Complexities

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