Journal of Education and Human Development

Impact of Internationalization on Arab Higher Education The Role of Association of Arab Universities
Abdallah Al-Zoubi, Sultan T. Abu-Orabi

Abstract
Higher education, deeply rooted in the history of the Arab world, is going through an epoch of transition and transformation characterised by poor quality and fragmentation. Universities have endured a series of setbacks manifested in the destitute state of scientific research. Evidence on the performance of Arab higher education show limited impact on socio-economic development. The concept of internationalisation of higher education and how this may present a small window in the path towards modernizing higher education, reforming universities and empowering research and development is described. The Association of Arab Universities has played a pivotal and vital role in the internationalisation of Arab higher education through numerous activities and initiatives that are presented and discussed as a vehicle of dialogue and interlocutor amongst the academic community and political leadership and the elite.

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