ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes the hypothesis that one of the strategies adopted to play the internationalization game is the adoption of a common language. It examines Egyptian educational reform projects inspired by a global agenda, and how these serve as a vehicle for new discourses, notions and concepts. Egypt has a highly centralized educational system, and historically, education was central to the project of nation-state building. By the end of December 2008, Egypt was witnessing a new phase in the endless debate that started about ten years earlier concerning a draft law meant to improve the regulations governing higher education establishments. The Egypt Higher Education Enhancement Project plays in important role in reshaping the structure of higher education. The chapter also examines the Egyptian debate about the ranking of universities. It addresses the issues of evaluation and quality assessment and their dissemination through 'new' institutions as well as 'old' techniques of power.
