TY - JOUR AU - Altbach, Philip PY - 2011/03/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Reforming Higher Education in the Middle East—and Elsewhere JF - International Higher Education JA - IHE VL - 0 IS - 64 SE - The Middle East DO - 10.6017/ihe.2011.64.8566 UR - https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/8566 SP - AB - The Arab Spring came, in part, from the region's universities. Students are central actors throughout the region. The weaknesses of the universities have been highlighted by these social movements. Additional funding, higher standards, and other improvements are needed. High levels of unemployment of graduates need also to be reduced. ER -