{"id":"https://openalex.org/W155642935","doi":null,"title":"The Development of the UAE Federal Higher Education System: Main Characteristics and Influences","display_name":"The Development of the UAE Federal Higher Education System: Main Characteristics and Influences","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W155642935","mag":"155642935"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:opus.bath.ac.uk:42018","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://opus.bath.ac.uk/42018/1/Thesis_final_version_Maytha_June_2014.pdf","pdf_url":"http://opus.bath.ac.uk/42018/1/Thesis_final_version_Maytha_June_2014.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401631","display_name":"The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I51601045","host_organization_name":"University of Bath","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I51601045"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089919765","display_name":"Maytha AL-Ali","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5606-1695","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5606-1695"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Maytha AL-Ali","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5606-1695","affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5089919765"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10546","display_name":"Higher Education Governance and Development","score":0.9976000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10546","display_name":"Higher Education Governance and Development","score":0.9976000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13789","display_name":"Global Education Systems and Policies","score":0.0010999999940395355,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11300","display_name":"Global Educational Policies and Reforms","score":0.0010000000474974513,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/higher-education-policy","display_name":"higher education policy","score":0.6380000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/united-arab-emirates","display_name":"United Arab Emirates","score":0.9800000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/globalization","display_name":"globalization","score":0.6119999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-polity-theory","display_name":"world polity theory","score":0.8489999771118164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/english-medium-instruction","display_name":"English-medium instruction","score":0.7390000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/curriculum-transfer","display_name":"curriculum transfer","score":0.4880000054836273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regional-accreditation","display_name":"regional accreditation","score":0.6690000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/united-arab-emirates-university","display_name":"United Arab Emirates University","score":0.7260000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/zayed-university","display_name":"Zayed University","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/path-dependence","display_name":"path dependence","score":0.4560000002384186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/university-exchange","display_name":"university exchange","score":0.36399999260902405}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120912362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136822","display_name":"Higher education","level":2,"score":0.7256852388381958},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.6386581659317017},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47177190","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207137","display_name":"Curriculum","level":2,"score":0.5796613693237305},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61521584","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705899","display_name":"Accreditation","level":2,"score":0.5570715069770813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2119116","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7181","display_name":"Globalization","level":2,"score":0.5395262837409973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779707719","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063239","display_name":"Polity","level":3,"score":0.5052180886268616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55958113","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169480","display_name":"Indigenous","level":2,"score":0.4521482288837433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.4225607216358185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3116431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31728","display_name":"Public administration","level":1,"score":0.41393354535102844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.32261228561401367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.32124602794647217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.09789308905601501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:opus.bath.ac.uk:42018","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://opus.bath.ac.uk/42018/1/Thesis_final_version_Maytha_June_2014.pdf","pdf_url":"http://opus.bath.ac.uk/42018/1/Thesis_final_version_Maytha_June_2014.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401631","display_name":"The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I51601045","host_organization_name":"University of Bath","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I51601045"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"mag:155642935","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://opus.bath.ac.uk/42018/","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.9235000014305115,"display_name":"Quality education"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":112,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W3256366","https://openalex.org/W37541835","https://openalex.org/W38385963","https://openalex.org/W53974964","https://openalex.org/W87719049","https://openalex.org/W90292723","https://openalex.org/W160282850","https://openalex.org/W198356909","https://openalex.org/W238594941","https://openalex.org/W386084863","https://openalex.org/W569710985","https://openalex.org/W575066918","https://openalex.org/W592289905","https://openalex.org/W650404628","https://openalex.org/W1189854811","https://openalex.org/W1496698723","https://openalex.org/W1522454120","https://openalex.org/W1535148893","https://openalex.org/W1536013880","https://openalex.org/W1538478675","https://openalex.org/W1540834533","https://openalex.org/W1547567646","https://openalex.org/W1554163995","https://openalex.org/W1576129150","https://openalex.org/W1583071117","https://openalex.org/W1589382802","https://openalex.org/W1590154464","https://openalex.org/W1599366360","https://openalex.org/W1714723801","https://openalex.org/W1754306792","https://openalex.org/W1757781801","https://openalex.org/W1763047680","https://openalex.org/W1820801730","https://openalex.org/W1846861250","https://openalex.org/W1965278510","https://openalex.org/W1967799812","https://openalex.org/W1973623369","https://openalex.org/W1974370203","https://openalex.org/W1974410568","https://openalex.org/W1975497060","https://openalex.org/W1983466522","https://openalex.org/W1988968446","https://openalex.org/W1992746671","https://openalex.org/W1993663609","https://openalex.org/W1994587141","https://openalex.org/W1997818079","https://openalex.org/W1998953655","https://openalex.org/W1999103584","https://openalex.org/W2014283361","https://openalex.org/W2016085404","https://openalex.org/W2018037152","https://openalex.org/W2018975305","https://openalex.org/W2022275529","https://openalex.org/W2023826752","https://openalex.org/W2026272846","https://openalex.org/W2027153446","https://openalex.org/W2027525683","https://openalex.org/W2030163263","https://openalex.org/W2031923696","https://openalex.org/W2033952602","https://openalex.org/W2035883496","https://openalex.org/W2037232856","https://openalex.org/W2041721338","https://openalex.org/W2042671408","https://openalex.org/W2044132146","https://openalex.org/W2047316123","https://openalex.org/W2063986529","https://openalex.org/W2064121910","https://openalex.org/W2064402107","https://openalex.org/W2064581116","https://openalex.org/W2065941981","https://openalex.org/W2067815510","https://openalex.org/W2068125738","https://openalex.org/W2072919709","https://openalex.org/W2073543561","https://openalex.org/W2073555950","https://openalex.org/W2076503669","https://openalex.org/W2077857605","https://openalex.org/W2079685105","https://openalex.org/W2086313060","https://openalex.org/W2091153923","https://openalex.org/W2107386851","https://openalex.org/W2107422711","https://openalex.org/W2109240784","https://openalex.org/W2109331666","https://openalex.org/W2115442698","https://openalex.org/W2118463881","https://openalex.org/W2122838852","https://openalex.org/W2131896519","https://openalex.org/W2135492276","https://openalex.org/W2140918013","https://openalex.org/W2148261182","https://openalex.org/W2148738284","https://openalex.org/W2162455631","https://openalex.org/W2174253539","https://openalex.org/W2180786532","https://openalex.org/W2274758199","https://openalex.org/W2316573785","https://openalex.org/W2318735428","https://openalex.org/W2319427922","https://openalex.org/W2329849488","https://openalex.org/W2332111503","https://openalex.org/W2332377054","https://openalex.org/W2346181549","https://openalex.org/W2495128167","https://openalex.org/W2795512775","https://openalex.org/W2899308082","https://openalex.org/W3032319341","https://openalex.org/W3123143221","https://openalex.org/W3140106301","https://openalex.org/W3144127399","https://openalex.org/W4232603936"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1975826951","https://openalex.org/W4386844806","https://openalex.org/W4396653662","https://openalex.org/W2168055068","https://openalex.org/W2337425646","https://openalex.org/W2790430692","https://openalex.org/W2992497753","https://openalex.org/W7117990757","https://openalex.org/W2155970978","https://openalex.org/W3043193238"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,152],"study":[1,153],"examines":[2],"the":[3,8,16,22,64,68,99,104,157,164,168,173,189,199,219,234,250,262,264,286,289,302,320,351],"impact":[4],"of":[5,15,24,80,103,167,192,224,282,297,301,322,331],"globalization":[6],"on":[7,111,156,179],"newly-adopted,":[9],"American-based":[10],"federal":[11,59,70,123,160],"higher":[12,29,46,60,124,193,215,283,303,325,332],"education":[13,30,47,61,125,194,216,304,326,333],"model":[14,126,131,171,305],"United":[17,73],"Arab":[18,74],"Emirates":[19,75],"(UAE)":[20,65],"through":[21],"lenses":[23],"World":[25],"Polity":[26],"theory.":[27],"The":[28,58,114,208,226,257,328],"environment":[31,200],"has":[32,116,334],"been":[33],"transformed":[34],"by":[35,67,127,147,278,319],"shared":[36],"global":[37,190,324],"ideas":[38,195],"and":[39,55,83,135,143,172,181,184,186,196,221,253,267,272,288,317,341,348],"policy":[40],"models.":[41],"In":[42],"many":[43],"developing":[44,255],"countries,":[45],"is":[48,88,108],"perceived":[49],"to":[50,53,162,175,187,198,214,233,346],"be":[51],"central":[52],"socio-political":[54],"economic":[56],"development.":[57],"system":[62],"in":[63,121,261,292,339],"represented":[66],"three":[69,158],"universities":[71,141,161],"-":[72,87],"University":[76,85],"(UAEU),":[77],"Higher":[78],"Colleges":[79],"Technology":[81],"(HCT),":[82],"Zayed":[84],"(ZU)":[86],"tasked":[89],"not":[90,230,313],"only":[91,231],"with":[92,98,132],"educating":[93],"UAE":[94,115,139,159,235,263,290],"nationals,":[95],"but":[96,236,315],"also":[97,238],"\u201cEmiritization\u201d":[100],"or":[101],"nationalization":[102],"labor":[105],"market,":[106],"which":[107,176],"highly":[109],"dependent":[110],"foreign":[112],"expatriates.":[113],"made":[117],"a":[118,323,336,343],"transformational":[119],"shift":[120],"its":[122,129],"replacing":[128],"Arabic-based":[130],"English-based":[133],"instruction":[134],"American":[136],"curricula.":[137],"Some":[138],"public":[140],"sought":[142],"were":[144,312],"granted":[145],"accreditation":[146],"US":[148,287],"regional":[149],"accrediting":[150],"bodies.":[151],"was":[154],"focused":[155],"identify":[163],"main":[165],"characteristics":[166],"newly":[169],"adopted":[170],"extent":[174],"it":[177],"draws":[178],"western":[180,280],"indigenous":[182],"models":[183,281],"principles,":[185],"validate":[188],"reach":[191],"values":[197],"other":[201],"than":[202],"those":[203],"where":[204],"they":[205,237],"originated":[206],"from.":[207],"research":[209,227],"investigates":[210],"various":[211],"issues":[212,241],"related":[213],"development":[217],"including":[218],"socio-cultural":[220],"organizational":[222],"aspects":[223,300,311],"it.":[225],"questions":[228],"are":[229,243,276],"significant":[232],"address":[239],"key":[240,337],"that":[242,260],"especially":[244],"sensitive":[245],"yet":[246],"similarly":[247],"applicable":[248],"across":[249],"Gulf":[251],"region":[252],"similar":[254,310],"countries.":[256],"findings":[258],"reveal":[259],"profound":[265],"cultural":[266],"religious":[268],"differences":[269],"reflecting":[270],"local":[271],"national":[273],"path":[274],"dependencies":[275],"undercut":[277],"dominant":[279],"education.":[284],"While":[285],"differ":[291],"their":[293],"values,":[294],"culture,":[295],"level":[296],"development,":[298],"several":[299],"look":[306],"quite":[307],"similar.":[308],"These":[309],"mandated,":[314],"communicated,":[316],"governed":[318],"culture":[321,345],"exchange.":[327],"world":[329],"polity":[330],"played":[335],"role":[338],"sustaining":[340],"promulgating":[342],"common":[344],"nations":[347],"communities":[349],"around":[350],"world.":[352]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}