Description |
1 online resource (196 pages). |
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Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Series |
Global perspectives on higher education ; volume 27
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Global perspectives on higher education ; v. 27.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
21st century higher education faces immense changesfrom the broad impact of globalization to the implications of massification and the growth of enrollments worldwide. The International Imperative in Higher Education focuses on most of the central elements affecting universities worldwide. Included among the themes analyzed are global issues such as corruption, the continuing impact of the brain drain and the phenomenon of brain exchange, the role of English in internationalization, changes in the environment for publishing and knowledge distribution, and academic freedom. The specific elements of internationalization, such as growing commercialization, and the role of agents and recruiters as a part of global student flows are considered. The role of the academic profession in a rapidly changing university environment is also discussed. Special attention is paid to China and India, the worlds two largest academic systems, and the specific challenges faced by them. This book consists of 40 concise essays analyzing key aspects of global higher education. They bring together broad analysis and an underlying concern for the public good aspects of higher education in a comparative and international framework. |
Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- Part.1. Gloalization and its implications. . Part.2. Global issues. Part.3. Mobility, brian drain, and brain exchange? -- Part.4. The academic profession -- Part.5. Rankings and world-class -- Part.6. Branch campuses and franchising -- Part.7. Knowledge distribution -- Part.8. Agents and recruiters: a global dilemma -- Part. 9. Academic freedom -- Part.10. Asian perspectives -- Part.11. China -- Part.12. India. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
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Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives. |
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Higher education and state.
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Higher education and state. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9789462093379 |
ISBN |
9789462093386 electronic book |
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9462093385 electronic book |
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9788462093389 electronic book |
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8462093384 electronic book |
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9462093369 paperback |
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9789462093362 paperback |
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9462093377 hardback |
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9789462093379 hardback |
Standard No. |
10.1007/978-84-6209-338-6 |
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