Higher Education category: 3664 books
Structuring Mass Higher Education
The Role of Elite Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Undoubtedly the most important development in higher education in recent years has been the seemingly inexorable expansion of national systems. In a comparatively short time period many countries have moved from an elite to a mass model. Furthermore, expansion has invariably changed the whole experience...
Internationalization of Higher Education in East Asia
Trends of student mobility and impact on education governance
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
The rise in demand for higher education in the Asia-Pacific region is an undeniable reflection of the growing pace of globalization and the subsequent pressures imposed by it. Aspiring to become globally competitive and to position favourably in the global university league tables, governments in...
Higher Education in the BRICS Countries
Investigating the Pact between Higher Education and Society
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
In spite of the increasing attention attributed to the rise in prominence of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries, few studies have looked at the ways in which broader social expectations with respect to the role of higher education across the BRICS have changed, or...
by David Boud, Elaine Keane, Kerri-Lee Krause
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Reflective Teaching in Higher Education is the definitive textbook for reflective teachers in higher education. Informed by the latest research in this area, the book offers extensive support for those at the start of an academic career and career-long professionalism for those teaching in higher...
Democratizing Higher Education
International Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Higher education systems around the world are undergoing fundamental change and reform due to external pressures—including internationalization of higher education, increased international competition for students, less reliance on public funding, and calls to create greater access opportunities...
Conceptualizing Soft Power of Higher Education
Globalization and Universities in China and the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
This book examines the globalization trends in higher education from an international political science perspective, using Nye’s theory of soft power to explore the rationale behind it. It focuses on conceptualizing the Soft Power Conversion Model of Higher Education, which is embedded in the globalization...
Higher Education in Nepal
Policies and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2019
This book presents a showcase of discussions and critical perspectives about Nepalese higher education. Its chapters cover topics such as the impacts of local sociopolitical changes and global forces on public and private education, emerging online and distance education, administrative and intellectual...
American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century
Social, Political, and Economic Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
First published in 1999, American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century offered a comprehensive introduction to the central issues facing American colleges and universities. This thoroughly revised edition brings the classic volume up to date. The contributors have rewritten every chapter to...
Austerity Blues
Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Public higher education in the postwar era was a key economic and social driver in American life, making college available to millions of working men and women. Since the 1980s, however, government austerity policies and politics have severely reduced public investment in higher education, exacerbating...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Women and Leadership in Higher Education is the first volume in a new series of books (Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice) that will be published in upcoming years to inform leadership scholars and practitioners. This book links theory, research, and practice of women’s leadership...
Higher Education as a Bridge to the Future
Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents, with Reflections on the Future of Higher Education by Dr. J. Michael Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...
by Jandhyala B. G. Tilak
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
This book critically examines some of the major trends in the development of higher education. It demonstrates how in the context of liberalisation, globalisation and marketisation, the crisis in higher education has assumed different dimensions in all advanced and emerging societies. The author shows...
by Otto Hüther, Georg Krücken
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken analyze the developments of the last 20 years in their new book on German higher education.
The foreign observer of German higher education, even the informed foreign observer, struggles to find denominators, not to mention common denominators of a bewildering...
The Market Imperative
Segmentation and Change in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
It is no surprise that college tuition and student debt are on the rise. Universities no longer charge tuition to simply cover costs. They are market enterprises that charge whatever the market will bear. Institutional ambition, along with increasing competition for students, now shape the economics...