Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter One Academic Culture in an International Context; Chapter Two The Academic Profession and the Culture of the Faculty A Perspective on Latin American Universities; Chapter Three The Modernistic Traditions of Japanese Higher Education; Chapter Four Cultural Influences on Higher Education in Thailand; Chapter Five Modernity on the Periphery Expansion and Cultural Change in Mexican Public Universities; Chapter Six Culture and the Role of Women in a Latin American University The Case of the University of Costa Rica
Chapter Seven The Political Economy of Entrepreneurial Culture in Higher Education Policies toward Foreign Students in Australia and the United StatesChapter Eight Educational Decentralization in Latin America The Case of Chile; Chapter Nine Private and Public Intellectuals in Finland; Contributors; Index