Higher Education Exchange Between America and the Middle East - Through the Twentieth Centur

Informationen zum Autor Teresa Brawner Bevis is Adjunct Professor at Crowder College, USA. Klappentext Higher Education Exchange between America and the Middle East through the Twentieth Century reveals the inspirations behind post-war initiatives such as AMIDEAST and the Fulbright Program and their impacts on education exchange. Brawner discusses enrollments by country and the factors that influenced education exchange through the end of the twentieth century. Included throughout are stories of individuals who helped shape the rich and volatile history of America's academic connections with the Middle East. Zusammenfassung Higher education exchange between America and the Middle East is a comparatively recent development, but the colorful history of circumstances and events that preceded the relationship is ancient and deep. Here, Bevis explores the multifarious and intriguing story from antiquity to the end of the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Antiquity 2. Schooling and Literacy before World War II 3. Missionaries and Oil Barons 4. Programs, Enrollments, and Studies: World War II-1979 5. Politics and Policies 1980-2000

List of contents

1.Antiquity
2.Schooling and Literacy before World War II
3.Missionaries and Oil Barons
4.Programs, Enrollments, and Studies: World War II-1979
5.Politics and Policies 1980-2000

Product details

• Authors: Teresa Brawner Bevis
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781137568595
• ISBN: 978-1-137-56859-5
• No. of pages: 227
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Soziologie, Naher Osten, B, Kulturwissenschaften, Geschichte der Pädagogik, Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung, Hochschulbildung, Fort- und Weiterbildung, Bildungssysteme und -strukturen, Sociology of Education, Education, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Middle East, auseinandersetzen, History of Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, International and Comparative Education, Organization and Leadership, higher education, Educational administration and organization, Comparative education, International education, School management and organization, School administration, Education—History, Ethnology—Middle East, Middle Eastern Culture, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational systems and structures, Education, Higher