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Khalid Arar - Higher Education and the Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel - 9781137533418 - V9781137533418
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Higher Education and the Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel

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Description for Higher Education and the Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel Hardback. This comprehensive study of higher education among the indigenous Palestinian Arab minority in Israel provides unique knowledge concerning the minority's access to higher education in and outside its homeland. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFSL; JNM; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Higher Education and the Palestinian Minority in Israel examines perceptions concerning the characteristics of higher education acquisition in the indigenous Palestinian Arab minority in Israel. Arar and Haj-Yehia show that Palestinian Arabs in Israel clearly understand the benefit of an academic degree as a lever for social status and integration within the state of Israel. The authors discuss difficulties met by Palestinian high school graduates when they attempt to enter Israel's higher education institutes, and the alternative phenomenon of studying abroad. The cultural difference between Palestinian traditional communities and 'Western' Israeli campuses exposes Arab students to a mix of ethnicities ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
415g
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137533418
SKU
V9781137533418
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Ref
99-15

About Khalid Arar
Khalid Arar is Senior Lecturer at the Center for Academic Studies and co-head of the Master's program in Education Administration at Sakhnin Academic College, Israel. Kussai Haj-Yehia is Senior Lecturer and head of the Master's degree program in Education and Arab Culture at Beit Berl Academic College, Israel.

Reviews for Higher Education and the Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel
The book raises discussions and arguments broad enough to illuminate the function of education in culturally, economically and socially diversified settings. I believe the book is one of the key references for various related discussions in educational research such as social justice, disadvantaged groups, multiculturalism, and minorities in education. - Yasar Kondakci, Associate Professor ... Read more

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