He is also an Education Specialist at the Jordan Education Initiative. Osama received his Ph.D. from the Administrative and Policy Studies Department, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh (USA) in 2003. His research interests include privatization of education, partnership in education, and policy implementation. Among his recent publications are " Towards privatization of education in Jordan as perceived by administrators and teachers in the Ministry of Education: Causes and Expected results, 2008,'' School-community partnership: The experience of Teachers who received the Queen Rania Award for Excellence in Education, 2008" and Volunteerism of undergraduate students, 2008 , and University-School /JEI Partnership, 2007. Email: Email: oobeidat@hu.edu.jo