The Higher Education Experiment at Education City: Cross-National Educational Transfer at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Autor/in	Phan, Anh-Hao Thi
Titel	The Higher Education Experiment at Education City: Cross-National Educational Transfer at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Quelle	(2019), (184 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3922-1159-5
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Foreign Countries; Technology Transfer; North Americans; Higher Education; Arabs; Case Studies; Universities; International Relations; Program Descriptions; Liberal Arts; Models; Educational Policy; Ethnography; Educational Change; Strategic Planning; Gender Differences; Political Attitudes; Educational Administration; Barriers; Educational Experience; Educational Cooperation; International Cooperation; Multicampus Colleges; Qatar; District of Columbia; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Ausland; Technologietransfer; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Arab; Araber; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; University; Universität; Internationale Beziehungen; Analogiemodell; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ethnografie; Bildungsreform; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Bildungserfahrung; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Katar
Abstract	This dissertation maps the landscape of the cross-national educational transfer of American higher education in the Arabian Gulf region, with a case study of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar. It examines how and why Qatar has borrowed, and Georgetown has lent, the American model of higher education, specifically looking at the issues and challenges of the transfer and implementation of a liberal arts education at Education City. The research study presents efforts to resist, adapt and modify the borrowed model within the local context, as the process of implementation has progressed through stages of replication and adaptation to the current stage of synthesis, internalization and localization.While many scholars have considered the content of educational transfer with the emphasis on lending, this research study is intended to investigate the context of transfer, with the focus on borrowing. This approach ascribes agency to Qatar's policymakers and leaders, and shifts the focus of scholarly attention to the motivations and objectives that guide their partnerships with the American universities at Education City, as part of Qatar's national education reform initiative and Qatar National Vision 2030. Based upon ethnographic research conducted in Doha, Washington and New York, the findings underline contextual issues of numbers and gender, as well as the challenges of political and institutional/organizational leadership. The case study's findings also examine the relevance of a liberal arts education and its impact on student experience and outcomes in the Arabian context. Furthermore, this study attempts to situate Qatar's educational initiatives in the context of its greater objectives and interests at the international level. Finally, the study considers the broader implications for educational transfer of the American model of higher education in the Gulf region and beyond, in light of the exponential growth in the number of foreign branch campuses operating or opening worldwide. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01