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Author Altbach, Philip G

Title The international imperative in higher education / by Philip G. Altbach
Published Rotterdam : Sense, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (196 pages)
Series Global perspectives on higher education ; volume 27
Global perspectives on higher education ; v. 27.
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Part. 1. Gloalization and its implications. . Part. 2. Global issues. Part. 3. Mobility, brian drain, and brain exchange? -- Part. 4. The academic profession -- Part. 5. Rankings and world-class -- Part. 6. Branch campuses and franchising -- Part. 7. Knowledge distribution -- Part. 8. Agents and recruiters: a global dilemma -- Part. 9. Academic freedom -- Part. 10. Asian perspectives -- Part. 11. China -- Part. 12. India
Summary 21st century higher education faces immense changesfrom the broad impact of globalization to the implications of massification and the growth of enrollments worldwide. The International Imperative in Higher Education focuses on most of the central elements affecting universities worldwide. Included among the themes analyzed are global issues such as corruption, the continuing impact of the brain drain and the phenomenon of brain exchange, the role of English in internationalization, changes in the environment for publishing and knowledge distribution, and academic freedom. The specific elements of internationalization, such as growing commercialization, and the role of agents and recruiters as a part of global student flows are considered. The role of the academic profession in a rapidly changing university environment is also discussed. Special attention is paid to China and India, the worlds two largest academic systems, and the specific challenges faced by them. This book consists of 40 concise essays analyzing key aspects of global higher education. They bring together broad analysis and an underlying concern for the public good aspects of higher education in a comparative and international framework
Analysis onderwijs
education
Education (General)
Onderwijs (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 19, 2013)
Subject Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives.
Higher education and state.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
Higher education and state
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789462093386
9462093385
9788462093389
8462093384