Open AccessBuilding Human Capacity to Meet Demand for Engineers and Scientists in the Middle East and North Africa (other)
Author(s) -
Hamid R. Parsaei,
Brady Creel,
John Small
Publication year - 2015
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.18260/p.23645
Subject(s) - middle east , accreditation , government (linguistics) , elite , capacity building , economic growth , engineering education , investment (military) , political science , engineering , engineering management , politics , economics , linguistics , philosophy , law
Several
countries
in
the
Middle
East
and
North
Africa
(MENA)
have
been
investing
significantly in
the
past
two
decades
to
promote
and
attract
young
and
upcoming
talent
to
pursue professions
in
science,
technology,
engineering,
and
mathematics
(STEM). This
paper
summarizes
some
of
the
recent
projects
implemented
by
Texas
A&M
University
at its
Qatar
campus
to
promote
STEM
disciplines
among
the
next
generation
to
realize
the
Qatar’s national
development
strategy
for
transforming
from
a
hydrocarbon-‐based
economy
to
a knowledge-‐based
economy.
The
paper
further
documents
some
of
the
primary
findings
about messaging
and
marketing
strategies
designed
to
stimulate
interest
in
STEM
disciplines
among young
generations
in
the
MENA
region.
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