TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of higher education in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
T2 - A review on the progress towards 2030 SDGs
AU - Fathelrahman, Eihab Mohammed
AU - AlBreiki, Ghaleb Ali Al Hadrami
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, have significantly progressed in higher education reform programmes. However, challenges remain, such as a lack of uniformity in assessment, different norms for degree recognition, a shortage of regionally relevant research, difficulties in recognizing online programmes, and rising financial costs. These issues may limit the progress of reforms in the region, which is crucial for achieving the SDG 4 targets by 2030. The assessment uses published data and reports from GCC countries and the United Nations Organization to quantify the country’s progress as of 2022. The paper suggests specific actions and initiatives to support progress towards achieving higher education quality SDG 4 by 2030.
AB - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, have significantly progressed in higher education reform programmes. However, challenges remain, such as a lack of uniformity in assessment, different norms for degree recognition, a shortage of regionally relevant research, difficulties in recognizing online programmes, and rising financial costs. These issues may limit the progress of reforms in the region, which is crucial for achieving the SDG 4 targets by 2030. The assessment uses published data and reports from GCC countries and the United Nations Organization to quantify the country’s progress as of 2022. The paper suggests specific actions and initiatives to support progress towards achieving higher education quality SDG 4 by 2030.
KW - Gulf Cooperation Council countries
KW - Quality of higher education
KW - sustainability
KW - sustainable development goals
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U2 - 10.1177/14779714241253400
DO - 10.1177/14779714241253400
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85193708301
SN - 1477-9714
JO - Journal of Adult and Continuing Education
JF - Journal of Adult and Continuing Education
ER -