Higher Education in the Arab World

Professor Adnan Badran is the Chancellor of the University of Petra and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Jordan. He is a biologist with over 120 publications, including 22 books and 4 patents. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul (1981); an Honorary Doctorate in Science from Michigan State University, (2007); an Honorary Doctorate in Business from Yarmouk University, Jordan (2014); the West Watkins distinguished Lectureship Award (2009); the Hall of Fame Alumni Award from Oklahoma State University, USA; and the Honorary Professorship from L.N. Gumilev Eurasian National University Kazakhstan (2012). He was awarded the Arab Thought Foundation for best Arab Scientist in higher education research (2005); the TWAS Regional Prize for "Building Scientific Institutions" (2009); the World Education Asia award for Outstanding Contribution to Education (2011) and the Shoman award for Peer review of young Arab scientists. Badran was Prime Minister (2005), Minister of Agriculture (1989) and Minister of Education (1989) in Jordan. He was Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Science, Education and Culture (2006-2010). He also served as Deputy Director-General of UNESCO (1994-1998) and Assistant Director General, France (1990-1994). Founding President of Yarmouk University and Jordan University of Science and Technology (1976-1986), President of Philadelphia University (1998-2005) and President of University of Petra (2007-2014), and Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Jordan (1971-1976). Secretary General (1986-1987) and Vice-president (2014- ) of the Higher Council for Science and Technology, Jordan. President of the National Centre of Human Rights, Jordan (2008-2011) and President of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Human Rights, Sidney (2009-2011). Member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Thought Forum (2012- ). He is a Fellow and former Vice-president of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Fellow of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences (IAS) and President of the Arab Academy of Sciences. Chairman of the Board of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development in Beirut (2008- ). President of the Higher Council of the National Centre for Curriculum development (2017-2019) and Chairman of Shoman Trust Fund for Research (2019- ). Badran received his B.Sc from Oklahoma State University (1959), and Master then PhD from Michigan State University (1963), USA. Professor Elias Baydoun was educated at the University of Jordan, Amman (BS 1971), the American University of Beirut (AUB; MS 1977), and the University of Cambridge where he obtained his MPhil in 1978 and PhD in 1980. He is currently Professor of Biology at AUB, Secretary General of the Arab Academy of Sciences and Adjunct Professor at the University of Petra in Jordan. Previous positions included: Chairman of Biology (1978-93) and Associate Professor at AUB; Associate Professor, Assistant President (1983-86), Director of Planning and Development (1985-1986), and Director of Personnel (1985-1986) at Yarmouk University, Jordan. His awards include: Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils Award, Abdul Hamid Shoman Prize for Young Arab Scientists for Biology, AUB Research Award in Natural Sciences (twice), Distinguished Scholar Award of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Developing World Study Award of the Royal Society UK and TWAS-ARO Regional Prize for Public Understanding and Popularization of Science. He is Fellow of several learned societies including the Institute of Biology, London, TWAS, Islamic World Academy of Sciences and the Arab Academy of Sciences. He organized and chaired 21 international conferences on topics related to the development of the Arab Middle East Region. His research interests include membrane

FOREWORD.-  1. Introduction.- 2. Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship in Academia: An Overview.- 3. Can Universities in the Arab Region Become the Engines for Knowledge and Innovation?.- 4. An Overview of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Arab Higher Education.- 5. We Need to Graduate Inventors and not Job Seekers.- 6. Building a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Universities.- 7. The Role of University-Industry Partnerships in the Development of Science Parks.- 8. Imperatives to a Successful Technology Transfer Model; A Perspective from the Arab World.- 9. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: Enhancing Achievement of SDGs.- 10. Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Arab World.- 11. Turnitin: Building an Academic Integrity against Plagiarism. 12. Building the Entrepreneurial Mindset through Experiential Learning.- 13. Building a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Addressing Affective and Psychomotor Development inthe Arab World's Higher Education.- 14. A Perspective on Entrepreneurship in Graduate Education.- 15. Strategies for Incorporation of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Graduate and Undergraduate Programs in Arab Universities.- 16. The Role of Faculty members in Building a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: The Case of the Australian College of Kuwait.- 17. Commercializing Innovation from the Region to the World: The Role of Berytech.- 18. A Culture of Innovation and an Entrepreneur's Journey in the Agriculture and Food Sciences Educational and Research Programs.- 19. R&D Challenges and Opportunities in the Arab World, the Case of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR).- 20. Innovations in Creating Incentives for Academic Achievement and Growth: Developing a Model at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut (1999-2009).