IDEOLOGIES AND STRUCTURES OF HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTION MODEL: RECONSTRUCTING THE WORLDVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Keywords:
Higher Education, Islamic Institution, Western Institution, WorldviewAbstract
The objective of this paper is to discuss the current scenario of higher education system vis-a-vis the diverse ideologies and structures of higher education model. It describes the current orientation of higher education delivery characterized by widely accepted norm-referenced higher education performance instead of limited focus on criterion-referenced approaches. The paper also describes a number of higher education best practices in early Islamic and Western institutions, and registers some challenges faced by Muslims in relation to higher education system. It also attempts to chart the way forward for the effort to reconstruct the ‘accepted’ worldview on higher education.
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