Rensimer, Lee;
(2013)
International Branch Campuses in the Arabian Gulf: Building Up or Undermining Local Capacity?
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Comparative and International Education Society: Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Abstract
International branch campuses (IBCs) are neither a new or homogenous phenomenon; they are, however, developing in familiar forms and appearing in startling numbers throughout the oil-rich monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Arabian Peninsula. Seen as part of a “third wave” of cross-border higher education provision worldwide (Reilly, 2005, p.533), the expansion began in the region with independent arrangements between various high-profile Australian and American institutions and Gulf host governments. As this trend accelerated over the 1990s and early 2000s (Reilly, 2005; Rupp, 2009), specialized learning ‘cities’ which consolidate swaths of higher education institutions (HEIs) began to appear as an instrument of wider modernization projects throughout the region (Khodr, 2012; Knight, 2011). The two most visible of these educational ‘hubs’ – Education City (EC) in Qatar, and Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), UAE – attempt to integrate not only globally diverse HEIs within a single site, but also internationally-recognized K-12 providers, human resources agencies, and corporate and industrial partners to link education with research and development. The scale and scope of these HEI hubs pose important questions for policymakers and stakeholders on both sides of the home-host divide. As a new and arguably experimental foray into cross-border provision, the rationales, strategic planning and sustainability of these IBC hubs warrant careful attention and timely research to ensure the outcomes, however defined by stakeholders, are realized.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | International Branch Campuses in the Arabian Gulf: Building Up or Undermining Local Capacity? |
| Event: | 59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society |
| Location: | Toronto, Canada |
| Dates: | 10 Mar 2014 - 15 Mar 2014 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/cies/cies1... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10216887 |
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