A Paradoxical University System

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In this article, the writer discusses that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) represent a most interesting case in the context of modern education. The writer notes that as one proceeds with a literature review designed to address the role played by the university system in the UAE, it is clear that this is a context which should be considered key to the future of a part of the Persian Gulf rife with promise. Indeed, the writer maintains that if the UAE is to live up to the potential suggested by its vast wealth, it must find ways to improve the social and political conditions that overshadow much of the progress implied by its economy. Moreover, the writer argues that the UAE must alter its orientation toward its indigenous population, which it seems often is given short-shrift to the courtship of foreign business students. The literature review here is intended to reveal the current circumstances and future needs of the UAE university system.

Outline:
Introduction
Literature Review
Conclusion

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"Technology and communication have fueled its capacity not just to be a purveyor of a valuable world resource--a disposition which has genuinely seen to the destructive exploitation of so many nations in the 'developing' and 'undeveloped' spheres--but also as a willing and able partner in the implementation of the global trade process.
"Its educational orientation must be led by the central Ministry of Education and the administration of Sheikh Mohammed, which are charged with the duty of ensuring that the students coming out of school are not simply prepared to contend with the complex global obligations of the workforce, but who are additionally oriented to take the UAE forward as a global competitor in the production of innovation. In order to do so, it must, of course, act according to the mores of a global economy, which demands the presence of women in all forms and at every level. An absence hereof may cause a strain on the relationship between this and western counterparts where cultural and social parameters demand explicated equal protections for the rights of women."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Abu Dhabi Education Council. (2007). Homepage. Abu Dhabi, UAE. Ret. 4/12/08 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5444.htm.Bibliography:
• Al Bawaba. (2006). UAE Education Ministry Signs Three-Year MOU as GESS Supporter. UAE Al Bawaba. Ret. 4/12/08 http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/218520.
• Albaili, Mohamed A. (1998). Goal Orientation, Cognitive Strategies and Academic Achievement Among United Arab Emirates College Students. Educational Psychology, Vol. 18, No. 2, p. 195-203.
• Bener, A; YM Abdulrazzaq; LI al-Gazali; R Micallef; AI al-Khayat &T Gaber. (1996). Consanguinity and associated socio-demographic factors in the United Arab Emirates.
• Hussain, Abdul Ghaffar. (2007). Education is Wealth. Gulf News. Ret. 4/12/08 http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/03/04/10023004.html.

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