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Global perspectives on higher education / Philip G. Altbach.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]Description: xvi, 332 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781421419268 (paperbacks)
  • 1421419262
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378 23
LOC classification:
  • LB 2322.2 A465g 2016
Contents:
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.
Summary: Provocative and wide-ranging, Global Perspectives on Higher Education considers how the international exchange of ideas, students, and scholars has fundamentally altered higher education.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 2322.2 A465g 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000178463

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.

Provocative and wide-ranging, Global Perspectives on Higher Education considers how the international exchange of ideas, students, and scholars has fundamentally altered higher education.

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