Editors: M Ergin (Turkey), Moneef R. Zou’bi (Jordan)
(ISBN 978-9957-412-18-0)

CONTENTS:

• IAS Declaration;
• Opening Statements;
• Contemporary Issues In Higher Education;
• Changes in the Educational Landscape of Turkey: The Past 25 Years;
• Goals of Higher Education: Knowledge and Critical Foresight, Leading to Societal Responsibility;
• What is What in S&T and Higher Education in the Arab Region for 2006;
• University Reform For S&T Capacity Building ;
• Science and Technology for Development of the OIC and Pakistan;
• The Bologna Process;
• Science Education: a Worldwide Concern;
• Agenda for Change for Higher Education in the 21st Century: Lessons for the Islamic Countries;
• Higher Medical Education in Turkey: Towards Excellence;
• Creating Centres of Excellence in Islamic Countries: Tapping Expatriate Talent;
• Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Developing Countries: Do Higher Education Systems Produce the STI Knowledge Professionals?;
• Selangor as a Model of a Developed and Progressive Islamic State of Malaysia in Education and Research;
• Active Learning in Physics: A Way for Education and Development;
• Data Banks and Databases for Concerted Progress, International Information Exchange and Special Advanced Education;
• Research Oriented Curricula;
• Ranking, and Evaluation of Universities Worldwide and the Implications for Universities in OIC-Member Countries: Some Methodological Considerations;
• Assessment in Higher Education and the U.S. National Research Council Approach to Assessing Research Doctorate Programs;
• Prospect of Excellent Centers and Universities in Arab Countries: The Iraqi Experience;
• Excellence of Higher Education Institutions: Some Requirements;
• Towards Research and Education Excellence: Experience from a European University of Technology;
• Higher Education in Developing Countries: Inherent Problems and Some Solutions;
• US-Pakistan Programe for PhD In Physics at the University of Albany, New York, USA: A Personal Snapshot;
• Towards Higher Education Excellence ;
• A Private American University in the heart of the Arab World: The Experience of the American University in Cairo ;
• The Story of a University “Par Excellence” in a 3rd World Country: Al-Nahrain or “Saddam University” in Baghdad, Iraq ;
• Improving Science Teaching at Tehran University of Medical Sciences: A Researcher’s Viewpoint ;
• Higher Education Excellence in Korea ;
• Higher Education Reforms in Qatar: Qatar University and Education City ;
• The World Educational Crisis: An Islamic Perspective with Reference to Higher Education ;
• Integrated S&T Curricula: The Present Need of the Islamic World ;
• Higher Education Excellence for Development in the Islamic World: A Viewpoint from ISESCO ;
• Contribution of Muslims to Science: The Indian Scenario in Brief

BC 2003/1/125;Hardcover 467 pages,
17*25 cm, English, Illustrated,2002.
US $ 30.00

CONTENTS:

• IAS Declaration;
• Opening Statements;
• Contemporary Issues In Energy Development;
• Signal Transduction with Nitric Oxide, Guanylyl Cyclase and Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate;
• Science and the Future of Humanity;
• Wind Energy for the Future;
• Energy Strategies for the Muslim Ummah;
• Energy Policy Implications: The Turkish Experience;
• Natural Gas: A Commodity That Is Changing The Face Of Qatar;
• Energy Research for Development: Petroleum Exploration in the Senegal Basin;
• Nuclear Energy for the Future;
• Nuclear Power and the Environment: Prospects and Challenges;
• Small and Medium Sized Reactors in Developing Countries;
• Towards New Energy for Sustainability: The Strategy in Iceland;
• Sustainable Use of Biomass Energy in Turkey;
• Contemporary Problems and Achievements in Desulphurisation of Oil, Gas, Petroleum Products and Waste Waters;
• Ecology, Sustainability, and Stewardship;
• Sustainable Forest Management: An Update;
• Medicine and the Future of Mankind;
• A Proposal on the Establishment of an International Islamic Centre for Life Sciences and Biotechnology in Malaysia;
• Harnessing Science and Technology for Development in the K-Economy; A Sketch;
• Capacity Building in Science and Technology in the Arab Region; A Sketch;
• Science Education to Bridge Cultures;
• Science, Technology and Mathematics Education for Sustainable Human Development;
• Science for the Future of the Islamic World and Humanity;
• Ground rules for Gainful Interaction between Science and (Revealed) Religion for the Future of Humanity;
• Future Science Needs: A More Comprehensive Framework;
• Science and Technology Scene in the State of Sarawak, Malaysia;
• Nobel Laureates’Interaction with the Young Hopefuls: A Unique Annual Event in Lindau;
• Nematodes as Limiting Factors in Agricultural Productivity;