American Universities Abroad

The Leadership of Independent Transnational Higher Education Institutions

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Multicultural Education, Higher Education, Administration
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Author: ISBN: 9781617978463
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press Publication: October 20, 2017
Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781617978463
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Publication: October 20, 2017
Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press
Language: English

Across the globe, American-style and liberal arts universities are being established. From the first, the American University of Beirut, established in 1866, to the liberal arts institutions being established in Saudi Arabia, Ghana, and elsewhere in the twenty-first century, there is a clear sense of the global desire for the American approach to higher education as a way of counteracting traditional, more narrowly defined university educations. However, these universities operate in a distinctive dynamic that must learn to bridge one culture with another, and leadership of such institutions must by its nature focus on such complexities and tensions. Throughout the chapters of this book, this unique element of these universities will be better understood through the stories and experiences as presented by their presidents, provosts, and other academic leaders.

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Across the globe, American-style and liberal arts universities are being established. From the first, the American University of Beirut, established in 1866, to the liberal arts institutions being established in Saudi Arabia, Ghana, and elsewhere in the twenty-first century, there is a clear sense of the global desire for the American approach to higher education as a way of counteracting traditional, more narrowly defined university educations. However, these universities operate in a distinctive dynamic that must learn to bridge one culture with another, and leadership of such institutions must by its nature focus on such complexities and tensions. Throughout the chapters of this book, this unique element of these universities will be better understood through the stories and experiences as presented by their presidents, provosts, and other academic leaders.

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