Higher Education Privatization in Kuwait: A Study in the Processes of Policy Production

ISBN-13: 9783631772966 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 280 str.

Ahoud Al-Asfour

Opis

Privatization has become a common policy choice in higher education reforms globally mainly due to financial pressures. The author investigates the policy processes of its implementation to Kuwaiti higher education system, concluding that its introduction resulted from an interplay of both global and local pressures.

Spis treści

Privatization and Higher Education - Higher Education in Kuwait - Policy Processes in Kuwait - Internal and external pressures on policy decision in Kuwait - Globalization, the State and Privatization Policies - Comparative Education

O autorze

Ahoud Al-Asfour is Assistant Professor at the Department of Educational foundations and Leadership at the College of Basic Education - PAAET in Kuwait. She completed a master's degree in Education Policy International at the University of Melbourne and received her PhD in Higher Education Privatization Policies in Kuwait from the same University in Australia in 2015. Her main research area is comparative education.