TY - BOOK AU - Altbach,Philip G. TI - Global perspectives on higher education SN - 9781421419268 (paperbacks) AV - LB 2322.2 A465g 2016 U1 - 378 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Education, Higher KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Educación superior KW - Estudios transculturales KW - Education and globalization KW - Educación y globalización KW - Comparative education KW - Educación comparada N1 - 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 N2 - Provocative and wide-ranging, Global Perspectives on Higher Education considers how the international exchange of ideas, students, and scholars has fundamentally altered higher education ER -