the balancing act of corporate funding in the uae universities
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

The balancing act of corporate funding in the UAE universities

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today The balancing act of corporate funding in the UAE universities

Dubai - Arabstoday

Graduate study offices at federal and private universities in the UAE generally operate on self-funding business models, responding to market needs. This essentially results in them running the risk of participating in the commoditisation of graduate education, said an expert from Zayed University (ZU). Gulf News spoke to Dr Chet Jablonski, Dean of Graduate Studies at ZU, at the Evolving Corporate Universities Forum in Dubai last week. He delivered a talk titled ‘A Degree of Distinction: Is university-based corporate higher education in the UAE a bridge or a bridge too far?' Win-win situation "Commoditisation of graduate education may be partially true for any programme offered on a business model and not restricted to professional masters designed to address corporate education needs," he said. "I think if we do it well and maintain high academic standards while at the same time addressing a client need, we have a ‘win-win' situation." Article continues below However, he added that it is his job as the dean of graduate studies to maintain quality in the process of offering professional masters degrees to closed cohorts sponsored by corporations. It is essentially a balancing act of maintaining academic standards while meeting corporate needs and demands for specific professional master's programmes. But it is an essential juggle due to the fact that corporate clients present a steady flow of income and a reliable customer base as employee training is a constant in the UAE's developing industries. When faced with the issue of corporate clients presenting the graduate studies office with a prepared curriculum, Dr Jablonski said discussions are held to ensure a compromise. Critical thinking "We tell them we can do enough bending of the curriculum to fit what they want but include all the educational elements such as critical thinking skills," he said. During his talk, Dr Jablonski said ZU is limited to providing professional masters programmes, having to sacrifice on the more humanistic, arts and social sciences offerings. "To an extent by the nature of the funding model, graduate education has to be commoditised," said Dr Jablonski. "Private universities who work on the same model [undergraduate or postgraduate] are a little more out on the edge than we are."  

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

the balancing act of corporate funding in the uae universities the balancing act of corporate funding in the uae universities

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

the balancing act of corporate funding in the uae universities the balancing act of corporate funding in the uae universities

 



GMT 12:48 2016 Sunday ,27 November

Cilic, Dodig push Croatia to brink of Davis Cup

GMT 05:24 2017 Thursday ,28 December

Erdogan says 'terrorist' Assad cannot be part of Syria

GMT 12:59 2016 Saturday ,05 November

WB welcomes economic reforms in Egypt

GMT 18:40 2016 Saturday ,05 November

Egyptian GDRs in London down

GMT 10:57 2017 Wednesday ,06 December

Peru striker Guerrero has doping ban extended

GMT 17:51 2017 Tuesday ,07 March

Trump Signs New Travel Ban on Six Muslim Countries

GMT 10:30 2017 Wednesday ,06 September

Saudi Information Ministry praises media role during Hajj

GMT 15:29 2017 Tuesday ,24 January

Mind games really do help your brain

GMT 06:55 2015 Thursday ,01 October

Boston Red Sox beat Yankees

GMT 08:17 2017 Monday ,28 August

Bahrain celebrates World Humanitarian Day 2017

GMT 02:07 2017 Tuesday ,28 February

Opposition seeks Russian support at Syria talks
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday