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1 online resource (285 pages) |
| Series |
Historical Studies in Education |
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Historical studies in education.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Regionalism(s) and Global Higher-Education Reform; 1 Global Aspirations and Strategizing for World-Class Status: New Modes of Higher-Education Governance and the Emergence of Regulatory Regionalism in East Asia; 2 Contributing to the Southeast Asian Knowledge Economy? Australian Offshore Campuses in Malaysia and Vietnam; Part II The Changing Dimensions of University Governance; 3 Collegiality and Hierarchy: Coordinating Principles in Higher Education |
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4 The Twenty-First-Century University: Dilemmas of Leadership and Organizational FuturesPart III Academic Roles and the Purposes of Universities; 5 Medieval Universities and Aspirations to Universal Significance; 6 The Changing Role of the Academic: Historical and Comparative Perspectives; Part IV Shifting Patterns of Graduate and Undergraduate Education; 7 Toward General Education in the Global University: The Chinese Model; 8 Doctoral Education and the Global University: Student Mobility, Hierarchy, and Canadian Government Policy; Part V Universities and External Funding |
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9 What Can Modern Universities Learn from the Past? English Universities Working with Industry, 1870-191410 Universities and the Effects of External Funding: Sub-Saharan Africa and the Nordic Countries; Conclusion: Lessons from the Past, Considerations for the Future; Notes on Contributors |
| Summary |
Engages a topic of pressing concern for government, business, and education leaders around the world: the race to establish 'world-class' universities. Some herald the globalization of higher education as the key to a dynamic and productive 'knowledge society.' Others worry that modern universities have come to resemble multinational corporations |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Education, Higher -- Cross-cultural studies
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Universities and colleges -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education and globalization -- Cross-cultural studies
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Higher education and state -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education -- Aims and objectives -- Cross-cultural studies
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Higher & further education, tertiary education.
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Education.
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Education -- Aims and objectives
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Education and globalization
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Education, Higher
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Higher education and state
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Universities and colleges
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wei, Ian P. P
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| ISBN |
9780230392465 |
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0230392466 |
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1280681217 |
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9781280681219 |
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