American Universities Abroad: The Leadership of Independent Transnational Higher Education Institutions

American Universities Abroad: The Leadership of Independent Transnational Higher Education Institutions
ISBN-10
9774168402
ISBN-13
9789774168406
Category
Education
Pages
337
Language
English
Published
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Ted Purinton, Jennifer Skaggs

Description

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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