Higher education and feminism in the Arab Gulf

Findlow, Sally

doi:10.1080/01425692.2012.699274

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“…In Saudi Arabia, 'women are generally not allowed to disciplinary fields which are either associated with Saudi Arabia's industry and technology or with the production of religious knowledge' (Mazawi 2007). In a study of higher education in the United Arab Emirates, Findlow (2007) reported that there has been an increase in the number of women in higher education over the years, but that the fields of study 'are fairly limited and circumscribed'.…”

Section: Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 97%

Higher Education Among Bedouin of the Negev: Tel Sheva as a Case Study

El-Meccawi¹,

Degen²

2016

Nomadic Peoples

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A study on higher education was carried out in Tel Sheva during 2012-14. There were 7,223 residents above the age of eighteen of whom 433 residents ((229 males (52.9 per cent) : 204 females (47.1 per cent)) had post-secondary degrees or diplomas (past students) and 277 residents ((91 males (32.9 per cent) : 186 females (67.1 per cent)) were enrolled (present students) in institutes of higher education, giving a total of 710 students ((320 males (45 per cent) : 390 females (55 per cent)), or 9.8 per cent of those eligible. Of the 710 past and present total students, 61.8 per cent enrolled in education. Medicine and medicine-related studies ranked second at 15.8 per cent, engineering third at 13.4 per cent, law fourth at 3.9 per cent and psychology/sociology fifth at 2.1 per cent. A number of trends emerged when we compared past and present students. The percentage of females, of the total student body, rose from 47.1 per cent in the past to 67.1 per cent today, and the gap between genders seems to be widening. The percentage of students in education has remained relatively constant, 61.7 per cent in the past and 62.3 per cent today. However, the percentage of students in medicine and medicine-related studies has been increasing (11.1 per cent to 23.2 per cent), whereas the percentages of engineering (16.6 per cent to 8.3 per cent) and law (4.8 per cent to 2.5 per cent) students have been decreasing substantially. The percentage of females studying education is much higher than that of males while the reverse is true in medicine and engineering. More Bedouin are studying abroad today, in particular medicine and dentistry, and mostly in Romania and Moldova.1. The Negev lies between 29°29´ and 31°33´ north, 34°23´ and 35°24´ east, with its triangular point at Eilat. 2. The seven urban communities and their populations in 2009 were as follows (The Negev

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Section: Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 97%

Higher Education Among Bedouin of the Negev: Tel Sheva as a Case Study

El-Meccawi¹,

Degen²

2016

Nomadic Peoples

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“…Third, there has been a tendency towards very light governance in terms of agreed purpose, public good, or public ownership. But there is tension between these phenomena and higher education's traditional role in the region as mediator of social and political consciousness, even though compared with other Arab countries there has been relatively little transformation of Gulf universities into centres of political resistance (Findlow, 2008(Findlow, , 2012.…”

Section: Higher Education Capitalism In Bahrain and Saudi Arabiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Of the increased numbers of students being sent to study, more are now women (Ministry of Higher Education, 2011). Notwithstanding evidence that female Gulf students are seeing higher education as a (Findlow, 2012), Saudi state investment in women's higher education is driven by training for work (Ministry of Higher Education, 2011:71), and most of this, especially through KASP, is still allocated to health, social services and education, despite the fund's declared raison d'etre of enabling women to enter the private sector market (Baki, 2004). Over in Bahrain, in 2012 the government has shifted sponsorship away from the humanities and social sciences towards the sectors where women are considered likely to make the greatest economic contribution -healthcare and education -with increased industry and private financing (Secretariat General, 2012).…”

Section: Higher Education Capitalism In Bahrain and Saudi Arabiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On one hand, higher education in the Arab Gulf has had the dual function as symbol of state power or generosity and venue for consciousnessraising, with the rentier and 'developmental' roles of higher education having the function of raising citizens' awareness of their relationship with the state (Findlow, 2012). On the other hand, in contrast to the pluralistic histories that have impeded EU cultural integration, higher education policy across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), established in 1981 to safeguard the security of the newly independent Gulf nations, is influenced by still porous state boundaries as well as shared culture.…”

Section: Higher Education Capitalism In Bahrain and Saudi Arabiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Eleven private~international universities were established between 2001and 2005, with another in 2012. In 2012,287 students reportedly enrolled in private universities compared with 18,040 in state universities, even though one private university had only forty-four students (Higher Education Council, 2012).…”

Section: Higher Education Capitalism In Bahrain and Saudi Arabiamentioning

confidence: 99%

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