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 storiesChallenges

Moving to international standards

Program and institution accreditation

Quality ImprovementUAE Government Bodies

CAA/HECC

Ensuring quality through process

Accreditation of private institutions

LicensureProgram approval

StakeholdersStudentsParentsFacultyAdministratorsGovernment at various levelsQuality 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 culturesTarget 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

CultureFrom wasta to where?QualityNext generation?

Questions