TY - JOUR
T1 - Pedagogy, accountability, and perceptions of quality by type of higher education in Egypt and Jordan
AU - Assaad, Ragui
AU - Badawy, Eslam
AU - Krafft, Caroline
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by the Comparative and International Education Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - A number of reasons have been proposed for the poor quality of higher education in the Arab world, including the poor incentive structures of public higher education institutions. The expansion of private higher education has been hailed as an important part of enhancing incentives and thus improving education quality. However, it is not clear whether the practices of private higher education institutions differ from those of public institutions. This article explores whether private provision improves the quality of higher education, as measured by pedagogy, accountability, and student perceptions of quality. The analysis focuses on commerce and information technology programs in Egypt and Jordan. The results indicate that pedagogy, accountability, and student perceptions of quality do not vary systematically by type of higher education institution in these countries and that expanding the role of private institutions in higher education is therefore unlikely to automatically improve educational processes or quality.
AB - A number of reasons have been proposed for the poor quality of higher education in the Arab world, including the poor incentive structures of public higher education institutions. The expansion of private higher education has been hailed as an important part of enhancing incentives and thus improving education quality. However, it is not clear whether the practices of private higher education institutions differ from those of public institutions. This article explores whether private provision improves the quality of higher education, as measured by pedagogy, accountability, and student perceptions of quality. The analysis focuses on commerce and information technology programs in Egypt and Jordan. The results indicate that pedagogy, accountability, and student perceptions of quality do not vary systematically by type of higher education institution in these countries and that expanding the role of private institutions in higher education is therefore unlikely to automatically improve educational processes or quality.
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U2 - 10.1086/688421
DO - 10.1086/688421
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994130020
SN - 0010-4086
VL - 60
SP - 746
EP - 775
JO - Comparative Education Review
JF - Comparative Education Review
IS - 4
ER -