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Global perspectives on higher education

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2016Description: xvi, 332 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781421419268
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378 ALT-G
Contents:
1. The Emergence and Reality of Contemporary Internationalization
2. Tracking a Global Academic Revolution
3. The Logic of Mass Higher Education
4. The Prospects for the BRICs : The New Academic Superpowers?
5. Internationalization and Global Tension : Lessons from History
6. Globalization and the University : Realities in an Unequal World
7. The Internationalization of Higher Education : Motivations and Realities
8. Higher Education Crosses Borders
9. The Globalization of Rankings
10. The Imperial Tongue : English as the Dominating Academic Language
11. The University as Center and Periphery
12. Research Universities in Developing Countries
13. Twisted Roots : The Western Impact on Asian Higher Education
14. Comparative Perspectives on Private Higher Education
15. Academic Freedom : International Realities and Challenges
16. The Giants Awake : Higher Education Systems in China and India
17. Academic Remuneration and Contracts : Global Trends and Realities
18. Student Political Activism
Summary: This book offers a wide-ranging perspective on the implications of mass higher education and the global knowledge economy, and explores how they influence academe everywhere. The book begins with a discussion of the global trends that increasingly affect higher education, including the implications of mass enrollments, the logic of mass higher education systems around the world, and specific challenges facing Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Emergence and Reality of Contemporary Internationalization

2. Tracking a Global Academic Revolution

3. The Logic of Mass Higher Education

4. The Prospects for the BRICs : The New Academic Superpowers?

5. Internationalization and Global Tension : Lessons from History

6. Globalization and the University : Realities in an Unequal World

7. The Internationalization of Higher Education : Motivations and Realities

8. Higher Education Crosses Borders

9. The Globalization of Rankings

10. The Imperial Tongue : English as the Dominating Academic Language

11. The University as Center and Periphery

12. Research Universities in Developing Countries

13. Twisted Roots : The Western Impact on Asian Higher Education

14. Comparative Perspectives on Private Higher Education

15. Academic Freedom : International Realities and Challenges

16. The Giants Awake : Higher Education Systems in China and India

17. Academic Remuneration and Contracts : Global Trends and Realities

18. Student Political Activism

This book offers a wide-ranging perspective on the implications of mass higher education and the global knowledge economy, and explores how they influence academe everywhere. The book begins with a discussion of the global trends that increasingly affect higher education, including the implications of mass enrollments, the logic of mass higher education systems around the world, and specific challenges facing Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

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