ISBN:
9780415426046
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0415426049
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9780203889725
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020388972X
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIIi, 345 S.
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Ill.
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24 cm
Series Statement:
International studies in higher education
DDC:
378
Keywords:
Education, Higher Cross-cultural studies
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Educational change Cross-cultural studies
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School management and organization Cross-cultural studies
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Education and globalization Cross-cultural studies
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Hochschulbildung
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Wettbewerb
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Internationaler Vergleich
Abstract:
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 of higher education for all the interested parties from, presidents, rectors and vice-chancellors to first-term undergraduates. The book examines the impact of this change upon the existing national structures of higher education. It also defines and highlights what makes an "elite" university - something which institutions must strive for in order to gain their position as global players. With case studies and contributions from a wide range of international authors, the book explores questions such as: Do higher education institutions retain a national significance, even though the vestiges of an international reputation have long faded? Has expansion undermined the quality of higher education because governments sought to expand "on the cheap"? Is the elite institutional response to mass higher education perceived as a threat to be responded to with purposeful action that sustains their elite status? Does the emergence of the international league tables pose a challenge to those responsible for governing elite institutions? Contents: 1. Tapper, Ted/Palfreyman, David: Structuring Mass Higher Education. Interpretating the Process of Change. - PART I. STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN SYSTEMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (2. Fairweather, James: U.S. Higher Education. Contemporary Challenges, Policy Options. - 3. Scott, Peter: Structural Changes in Higher Education. The case of the United Kingdom. - 4. Vabo, Agnete/Aamodt, Per Olaf: Nordic Higher Education in Transition. - 5. Maldonado-Maldonado, Alma: Latin American Higher Education. Hope in the Struggle? - 6. Jayaram, N.: Higher Education in India. The Challenge of Change. - 7. Kehm, Barbara M./Pasternack, Peer: The German "Excellence Initiative" and Its Role in Restructuring the National Higher Education Landscape. - 8. Kraak, Andre: South Africa's Elite Universities in the Post-Apartheid Era, 1994-2007. - 9. Cheng, Kai-Ming/Wang, Yan/Pan, Su-Yan: The Legacy of Planning. Higher Education Development in China. - 10. Kaiser, Frans/Vossensteyn, Hans: Excellence in Dutch Higher Education. Handle with Care. - 11. Bialecki, Ireneusz/Dabrowa-Szefler, Malgorzata: Polish Higher Education in Transition. Bet ...
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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