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Legtimacy Of Cross-Border Higher Education Policy : A Comparative Case Study Of Dubai And Ras Al Khaimah, Christine Farrugia Jan 2016

Legtimacy Of Cross-Border Higher Education Policy : A Comparative Case Study Of Dubai And Ras Al Khaimah, Christine Farrugia

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This study investigates the legitimacy of policies to import cross-border higher education (CBHE) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study compares two of the UAE’s higher education subsystems – Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah – to understand how higher education stakeholders in the UAE interpret foreign involvement in higher education and investigate how those interpretations contribute to stakeholders’ assessments of the legitimacy of the country’s CBHE policies. The legitimacy of cross-border higher education policies is a potentially contentious issue because the higher education resources that are imported into host countries under CBHE policies are usually intended to supplement existing …


Access To Higher Education In Colombia : An Assessment Of Public Policy And Outcomes, Lina Uribe Correa Jan 2012

Access To Higher Education In Colombia : An Assessment Of Public Policy And Outcomes, Lina Uribe Correa

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This research analyzes a set of national policy initiatives, 2002-2010, regularly