Major Challenges Facing Higher Education in the Arab World: Quality Assurance and Relevance
暫譯: 阿拉伯世界高等教育面臨的主要挑戰：品質保證與相關性
Badran, Adnan, Baydoun, Elias, Hillman, John R.
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2019-04-02
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- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 382
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- ISBN: 3030037738
- ISBN-13: 9783030037734
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This book focuses on two crucial issues that need to be addressed as a matter of urgency by universities in the Arab region, namely (a) conducting independent assessments of the quality of their teaching, research, administration, governance, and planning; and (b) determining the relevance of their teaching, research, and societal impacts. Although well-established around the world in manufacturing industries and private-sector service industries, including the research and commercialisation arms of the major universities and research institutes, it is only in recent years that quality-assurance (QA) assessments have started to be applied to most aspects education. Several Arab universities are adopting various forms of QA but some variants are little more than bureaucratic "box-ticking" exercises with minimal commitment by staff to the ultimate aim of continuing self-improvement.
This book will be of interest to senior management at faculty and departmental level and above in all Arab universities specifically, and more generally in Islamic institutions of higher education. Senior management in other universities, especially in the developing world will benefit from its analyses and recommendations.商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書專注於阿拉伯地區大學亟需解決的兩個關鍵問題：(a) 獨立評估其教學、研究、行政、治理和規劃的質量；以及 (b) 確定其教學、研究和社會影響的相關性。儘管在全球製造業和私營部門服務業中，包括主要大學和研究機構的研究及商業化部門，質量保證（QA）評估已經相當成熟，但近年來，質量保證評估才開始應用於教育的各個方面。一些阿拉伯大學正在採用各種形式的質量保證，但某些變體不過是官僚式的“打勾”練習，員工對持續自我改善的最終目標的承諾微乎其微。
本書將對所有阿拉伯大學的院系及以上層級的高層管理人員特別感興趣，並且對一般的伊斯蘭高等教育機構也具有參考價值。其他大學的高層管理人員，特別是在發展中國家，將從本書的分析和建議中受益。
作者簡介
Awarded Arab Thought Foundation for best Arab Scientist in higher education research; TWAS Regional Prize for Building Scientific Institutions; Asia award for Outstanding Contribution to education.
Prof. Badran is the President Arab Academy of Sciences and AFED; President of University of Petra, Jordan (2007-2014); Former Prime Minister of Jordan (2005); Minister of Agriculture Minister of Education (1989); President of Philadelphia University (1998 - 2005); Former Deputy Director General of UNESCO (DDG/ADG) Paris (1990-1998); Founding President of Yarmouk University & Founder of the Science and Technology University Campus (JUST University), Jordan (1976-1986); Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Jordan (1971 - 1976).
Elias Baydoun
Dr. Baydoun was educated at the University of Jordan, Amman (BSc, 1971), the American University of Beirut (AUB) (MSc, 1977) and the University of Cambridge (MPhil, 1978 and PhD, 1980).
At present Professor of Biology at AUB and secretary general of the Arab Academy of Sciences. Previous positions include: Chairman of the Biology Department at AUB and Assistant president and Director of Planning and Development at Yarmouk University, Jordan. Awards include: The Award, of the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils, Abdul Hamid Shoman Prize for Young Arab Scientists for Biology, Distinguished Scholar Award of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, and the Developing World Study Award of the Royal Society, UK. Membership in Societies: Cambridge Philosophical Society; Biochemical Society, London; American Society for Plant Biologists, USA;Institute of Biology, London; the Arab Academy of Sciences and TWAS. Publications: Over 50 articles in refereed international journals in addition to proceedings of international conferences and books. Research Interests include: plant cell wall biosynthesis, membrane fusion, nanotechnology and medicinal plants.
John Hillman
Professor Hillman, Director and Chief Executive of the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) during 1986-2005, oversaw the incorporation of the Scottish Agricultural Statistics Service (later retitled Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland - BioSS), staff transfers from the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, links with the University of Dundee, establishment of Mylnefield Research Services Ltd, new buildings, expansion of staff numbers, and major revision of the research portfolio. Prior to his appointment at SCRI, he was Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, University of Glasgow.
In the period 1995-1997, he was Chairman of the UK Technology Foresight Sector Panel on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment and then the Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry Sector Panel. During 2000-2005, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the BioIndustry Association and chairman of its Industrial Biotechnology Group. Other positions held include President of the Agriculture and Food Section of the British Association; member of Court of the University of Abertay Dundee; visiting professorships in the Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh, and Strathclyde; editor and referee for several scientific journals; various committees of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; and member of the Scottish Funding Council Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee. He is scientific advisor to various organisations including the Arab Academy of Sciences.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
阿德南·巴德蘭 巴德蘭教授目前擔任約旦大學董事會主席、佩特拉大學校長，擁有120篇出版物，包括22本書籍和專利。他在俄克拉荷馬州立大學獲得學士學位，在密西根州立大學獲得碩士和博士學位。獲得榮譽博士學位，包括：成均館大學（首爾）、密西根州立大學的科學榮譽博士學位、俄克拉荷馬州立大學的西部沃金斯傑出講座獎和名人堂校友獎、哈薩克斯坦歐亞國立大學的榮譽教授、約旦雅爾穆克大學的商業榮譽博士學位。
獲得阿拉伯思想基金會頒發的最佳阿拉伯科學家獎（高等教育研究）；TWAS區域獎以表彰建立科學機構的貢獻；亞洲教育傑出貢獻獎。
巴德蘭教授是阿拉伯科學院和AFED的會長；約旦佩特拉大學校長（2007-2014）；約旦前首相（2005）；農業部長、教育部長（1989）；費城大學校長（1998-2005）；前聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）副總幹事（1990-1998）；雅爾穆克大學創校校長及約旦科學與技術大學校園（JUST大學）創始人（1976-1986）；約旦大學理學院院長（1971-1976）。
伊萊亞斯·貝杜恩
貝杜恩博士在約旦大學（安曼）獲得學士學位（1971年）、在貝魯特美國大學（AUB）獲得碩士學位（1977年），以及在劍橋大學獲得哲學碩士（MPhil，1978年）和博士學位（PhD，1980年）。
目前是貝魯特美國大學的生物學教授及阿拉伯科學院的秘書長。之前的職位包括：貝魯特美國大學生物學系主任、雅爾穆克大學助理校長及規劃與發展主任。獲得的獎項包括：阿拉伯科學研究理事會聯合會的獎項、阿卜杜勒·哈米德·肖曼獎（年輕阿拉伯科學家生物學獎）、阿拉伯經濟與社會發展基金的傑出學者獎，以及英國皇家學會的發展中國家研究獎。會員資格包括：劍橋哲學學會、倫敦生物化學學會、美國植物生物學會、倫敦生物學學會、阿拉伯科學院及TWAS。出版物：在國際同行評審期刊上發表超過50篇文章，此外還有國際會議的論文集和書籍。研究興趣包括：植物細胞壁生物合成、膜融合、納米技術和藥用植物。
約翰·希爾曼
希爾曼教授在1986年至2005年間擔任蘇格蘭作物研究所（SCRI）的主任和首席執行官，負責整合蘇格蘭農業統計服務（後來更名為生物數學與統計蘇格蘭 - BioSS）、從馬考利土壤研究所轉移人員、與鄧迪大學的聯繫、成立Mylnefield Research Services Ltd、新建築、擴大人員數量以及對研究組合的重大修訂。在被任命為SCRI之前，他是格拉斯哥大學植物學系的教授和系主任。
在1995年至1997年間，他擔任英國技術前瞻性行業小組的農業、自然資源和環境小組主席，隨後擔任農業、園藝和林業小組的主席。在2000年至2005年間，他是生物產業協會的董事會成員，並擔任其工業生物技術小組的主席。其他職位包括：英國協會農業與食品部的主席；阿伯泰鄧迪大學的法院成員；在鄧迪大學、愛丁堡大學和斯特拉斯克萊德大學的客座教授；多個科學期刊的編輯和審稿人；愛丁堡皇家學會的各種委員會成員；以及蘇格蘭資助委員會研究與知識轉移委員會的成員。他是包括阿拉伯科學院在內的多個組織的科學顧問。
