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Adapting the U.S. Higher Education Model in the United Arab Emirates
Presenter(s): Lewis T May, Page Southerland Page; Joseph H. Stafford, University of Texas at San Antonio; Virginia Wheeless, University of North Texas
Convener: Persis C. Rickes, Rickes Associates

University and architect planners will provide information on higher education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and describe the process they used to adapt U.S. principles in proposing a new for-profit university in Abu Dhabi. The session will include discussions about the history of higher education, external factors that have an impact on universities, the development of academic programs in the UAE, and the importance of return on investment for a new university.


This knowledge resource from SCUP is a concurrent session presented at the Society's thirty-eighth annual, international conference and Expo, SCUP–38, in Miami Beach, FL (USA), in July of 2003.

Audiocassettes and MP3's (on CD's) of these and other SCUP–38 sessions are available for purchase here.

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