%0 Journal Article %1 al-atiqi_meeting_2009 %A Al-Atiqi, Imad M. %A Alharbi, Lafi M. %D 2009 %J Quality in Higher Education %K Accreditation EDUCATION EDUCATION, Evaluation Gulf Higher KUWAIT PRIVATE QUALITY Standards States UNIVERSITIES \& assurance colleges education higher private quality systems universities – %P 5--16 %R Article %T Meeting the challenge: Quality systems in private higher education in Kuwait %U http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=36623329&site=ehost-live %V 15 %X In Kuwait, as in other rapidly-developing higher education systems, one major area of concern is ensuring the quality of education offered by private providers. This paper briefly reviews the history of the development of higher education in Kuwait since its inception in 1936. It considers various quality systems currently in place in other countries in the Gulf States in order to locate its own quality system within other local practices. It then provides a case study of how Kuwait has developed a system of quality management of the country's private higher education sector. It is hoped that this will provide others who face this issue with a useful model of how to cope with this recent development worldwide. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of Quality in Higher Education is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

@article{al-atiqi_meeting_2009, abstract = {In Kuwait, as in other rapidly-developing higher education systems, one major area of concern is ensuring the quality of education offered by private providers. This paper briefly reviews the history of the development of higher education in Kuwait since its inception in 1936. It considers various quality systems currently in place in other countries in the Gulf States in order to locate its own quality system within other local practices. It then provides a case study of how Kuwait has developed a system of quality management of the country's private higher education sector. It is hoped that this will provide others who face this issue with a useful model of how to cope with this recent development worldwide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Quality in Higher Education is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)}, added-at = {2018-06-19T15:20:34.000+0200}, author = {Al-Atiqi, Imad M. and Alharbi, Lafi M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2daeaf0dbee18d198d217612db732b160/prophe}, doi = {Article}, interhash = {ef0659e53a47f975bdcc48434a967c99}, intrahash = {daeaf0dbee18d198d217612db732b160}, issn = {13538322}, journal = {Quality in Higher Education}, keywords = {Accreditation EDUCATION EDUCATION, Evaluation Gulf Higher KUWAIT PRIVATE QUALITY Standards States UNIVERSITIES \& assurance colleges education higher private quality systems universities –}, pages = {5--16}, shorttitle = {Meeting the challenge: {Quality} systems in private higher education in {Kuwait}}, timestamp = {2018-06-19T15:20:34.000+0200}, title = {Meeting the challenge: {Quality} systems in private higher education in {Kuwait}}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=36623329&site=ehost-live}, volume = 15, year = 2009 }