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Post-Secondary

Education

Qin atar

Cathleen Stasz ? Eric R. Eide ? Francisco Martorell

with Louay Constant ? Charles A. Goldman ? Joy S. Moini

Vazha Nadareishvili ? Hanine Salem

Prepared for the Supreme Education Council

The research described in this report was prepared for the Supreme Education Council and conducted within RAND Education and the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute, programs of the RAND Corporation.

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Postsecondary education in Qatar : employer demand, student choice, and options for policy / Cathleen Stasz ... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8330-4173-9 (pbk.) 1. Education, Higher--Qatar. 2. Higher education and state--Qatar. I. Stasz, Cathleen, 1947?

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Preface

The government of Qatar is embarking on a number of reforms to support the nation's economic and social development. Qatar's future depends on citizens whose education and training prepare them to be full participants in economic, social, and political life, and Qatar has made significant efforts to improve educational opportunities. The efforts have included individual initiatives focused on post-secondary education, but these initiatives have not been subjected to a broad strategic review. Qatar's Supreme Education Council asked the RANDQatar Policy Institute to study the current situation and to help identify priorities for developing post-secondary educational offerings that better respond to the country's economic and social demands.

This monograph, which reports on the resulting one-year study, is written primarily for decisionmakers in Qatar. It may also be of interest to researchers and policymakers involved in higher education, as well as to those concerned with education and economic development in the Middle East.

This project was conducted under the auspices of the RANDQatar Policy Institute (RQPI) and RAND Corporation's Education unit. RQPI is a partnership of the RAND Corporation and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development. The aim of RQPI is to offer the RAND style of rigorous and objective analysis to clients in the greater Middle East. In serving clients in the Middle East, RQPI draws on the full professional resources of the RAND Corporation. RAND Education analyzes education policy

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