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Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: An Exploratory Focus Group

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Higher Education in Saudi Arabia

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 40))

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This chapter reports the outcomes of an intensive 2-day focus group research project that involved leading academics and higher education administrators from both Saudi Arabia and a range of international universities. The focus group sought to share and debate the critical issues, challenges and opportunities confronting Saudi higher education and to collaboratively draw and validate conclusions.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia

    Larry Smith

  2. Centre for Higher Education Research and Studies (CHERS), Saudi Ministry of Higher Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulrahman Abouammoh

  3. Department of Statistics, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulrahman Abouammoh

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  1. Larry Smith
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  1. University of New England, Elm Avenue, Armidale, 2351, New South Wales, Australia

    Larry Smith

  2. Research and Studies (CHERS), Centre for Higher Education, Al Aqiq - Qalat Salah Addin 3785, Riyadh, 13515-6827, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulrahman Abouammoh

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Smith, L., Abouammoh, A. (2013). Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: An Exploratory Focus Group. In: Smith, L., Abouammoh, A. (eds) Higher Education in Saudi Arabia. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6321-0_16

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