{"product_id":"degrees-of-dignity-9781487528959","title":"Degrees of Dignity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting an analysis of higher education in eight countries in the Arab Middle East and North Africa,\u003ci\u003e Degrees of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e works to dismantle narratives of crisis and assert approaches to institutional reform. Drawing on policy documents, media narratives, interviews, and personal experiences, Elizabeth Buckner explores how apolitical external reform models become contested and modified by local actors in ways that are simultaneously complicated, surprising, and even inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDegrees of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e documents how the global discourses of neoliberalism have legitimized specific policy models for higher education reform in the Arab world, including quality assurance, privatization, and internationalization. Through a multi-level and comparative analysis, this book examines how policy models are implemented, with often complex results, in countries throughout the region.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUltimately,\u003ci\u003e Degrees of Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e calls on the field of higher education development to\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables and Figures   Acknowledgments    Introduction   1. The University and the Arab World   2. Sorting Students, Determining Fates   3. The Question of Quality   4. Privatizing the Public Good   5. Internationalizing the National University   6. Between Knowledge and Truth   Conclusion: Rethinking Higher Education and Development   References   Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409160806743,"sku":"9781487528959","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487528959.jpg?v=1730505694","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/degrees-of-dignity-9781487528959","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}