CLICKS is proud to announce the addition of Professor M. Professor M. Badr Aboul-Ela, Executive Director, Commission for Academic Accreditation, UAE and Vice-President, Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education to its International Leadership Advisory Board.

Prof. Aboul-Ela brings to the Center significant expertise in areas related to quality assurance, accreditation and leadership in higher education. He was one of the founding members of the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), in the UAE when established in 2000, and was appointed as its Director in February 2007. He had a leading role in developing its Standards for Licensure and Accreditation, Standards for Licensure and Accreditation of Technical and Vocational Education & Training, and the e-Learning Standards for Licensure and Accreditation. He also led the CAA’s effort to receive INQAAHE’s recognition as an agency which comprehensively in compliance with INQAAHE’s GGP, granted to the CAA in 2011.

Dr. Aboul-Ela had also played a significant and leading role in establishing the Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE) where he acts as a Vice-President. He further was appointed in 2010, as a board member of the Quality Assurance Council for the Association of Arab Universities. Prof. Badr was elected as a Board Director for the International Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (INQAAHE) in April, 2011.