This scientific article is an analysis of higher education policy as a result of educational reforms with effect of long-term institutional change in the UAE. Higher education is a socio-political institution that links the fates of students and state, recognizing the role and interests of locals, the power of institutionalized practices, and the nature of state educational policy. The established university systems, were as part of a larger states and nation-building project materially and symbolically links individual opportunity for economic and social mobility to modernization and national development. Governments are investing heavily in education with the explicit goals of nationalizing labour forces in order to rely less on expatriates and shifting their economies towards high-skilled service and technology sectors. UAE higher education policy is decentralized, with different policies across different emirates. Each emirate sets its own policies governing private universities. One of the unique features of the Emirati higher education system is its free trade zones. The higher education policies are also marked by a striking openness to foreign expertise, and tendency quickly to adopt best practices.
Ludmila Oleinic (Mon,) studied this question.