The challenge of quality in Saudi higher education. The instrumentation of public action ; L'enjeu de la qualité dans l'enseignement supérieur saoudien. L'instrumentation de l'action publique

Abstract

Programme doctoral en Sociologie ; Saudi higher education has undergone major changes since the 2000s. They led in particular to the creation of a new public institution: the National Commission for Academic Assessment and Accreditation.This reform came after Saudi Arabian higher education was defined as a public problem, following the attacks of September 11, 2001. The public action developed by this institution was built from the appropriation of notions and tools borrowed from outside Saudi Arabia, including "learning outcomes". This international appeal has led to a strengthening of the proximity of Saudi higher education with the hegemonic world (United States and Europe). The analysis of the introduction of this reform in a university - Alpha Uni - shows the impact of this public policy on this organization : the tensions and opportunities that are created, the redistribution of power between certain actors, the reorganization of certain professional relationships . This analysis provides an insight into the intricacy of instrumental reform, the process of bureaucratization and the modalities of government. The Saudi Arabian higher education reform through evaluation and accreditation sheds light on the implementation of New Public Management (NPM) in a country where this doctrine has not been developed.In a government in which forms of political and moral control are being implemented, the diffusion of the NPM, by developing a formai contrai over the faculty through the proliferation of writings and procedures, has contributed to loosening political control. ; L'enseignement supérieur saoudien connaît des évolutions importantes depuis les années 2000. Elles ont notamment conduit à la création d'une nouvelle institution publique : la Commission nationale d'évaluation et d'accréditation de l'enseignement supérieur .Cette réforme est intervenue après que l'enseignement supérieur saoudien a été défini comme un problème public, à la suite des attentats du 11 septembre 2001. L'action publique élaborée par cette ...