Global perspectives on higher education /
Altbach, Philip G.
Global perspectives on higher education / Philip G. Altbach. - xvi, 332 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Emergence and Reality of Contemporary Internationalization -- Tracking a Global Academic Revolution -- The Logic of Mass Higher Education -- The Prospects for the BRICs : The New Academic Superpowers? -- Internationalization and Global Tension : Lessons from History -- Globalization and the University : Myths and Realities in an Unequal World -- The Internationalization of Higher Education : Motivations and Realities -- Higher Education Crosses Borders -- The Globalization of College and University Rankings -- The Imperial Tongue : English as the Dominating Academic Language -- The University as Center and Periphery -- Research Universities in Developing Countries -- Twisted Roots : The Western Impact on Asian Higher Education -- Comparative Perspectives on Private Higher Education -- Academic Freedom : International Realities and Challenges -- The Giants Awake : The Present and Future of Higher Education Systems in China and India -- Academic Remuneration and Contracts -- Student Political Activism.
Provocative and wide-ranging, Global Perspectives on Higher Education considers how the international exchange of ideas, students, and scholars has fundamentally altered higher education.
9781421419268 (paperbacks) 1421419262
2015022721
Education, Higher--Cross-cultural studies.
Educación superior --Estudios transculturales
Education and globalization--Cross-cultural studies.
Educación y globalización--Estudios transculturales
Comparative education.
Educación comparada.
LB 2322.2 / A465g 2016
378
Global perspectives on higher education / Philip G. Altbach. - xvi, 332 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Emergence and Reality of Contemporary Internationalization -- Tracking a Global Academic Revolution -- The Logic of Mass Higher Education -- The Prospects for the BRICs : The New Academic Superpowers? -- Internationalization and Global Tension : Lessons from History -- Globalization and the University : Myths and Realities in an Unequal World -- The Internationalization of Higher Education : Motivations and Realities -- Higher Education Crosses Borders -- The Globalization of College and University Rankings -- The Imperial Tongue : English as the Dominating Academic Language -- The University as Center and Periphery -- Research Universities in Developing Countries -- Twisted Roots : The Western Impact on Asian Higher Education -- Comparative Perspectives on Private Higher Education -- Academic Freedom : International Realities and Challenges -- The Giants Awake : The Present and Future of Higher Education Systems in China and India -- Academic Remuneration and Contracts -- Student Political Activism.
Provocative and wide-ranging, Global Perspectives on Higher Education considers how the international exchange of ideas, students, and scholars has fundamentally altered higher education.
9781421419268 (paperbacks) 1421419262
2015022721
Education, Higher--Cross-cultural studies.
Educación superior --Estudios transculturales
Education and globalization--Cross-cultural studies.
Educación y globalización--Estudios transculturales
Comparative education.
Educación comparada.
LB 2322.2 / A465g 2016
378