Higher Education, Public Good and Markets

ISBN-13: 9781138213180 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 292 str.

Tilak, Jandhyala B. G.

Opis

This book critically examines how in the context of liberalization, globalisation and marketisation, the crisis in higher education has assumed different dimensions in all societies – advanced as well as emerging. It also provides a broad portrayal of global developments in higher education sector, comparative perspectives and key lessons.

Spis treści

List of tables. List of figures. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Higher Education: A Public Good or a Commodity for Trade? Commitment to Higher Education or Commitment of Higher Education to Trade 2. Higher Education between the State and the Market 3. Are We Marching Towards Laissez-faireism in Higher Education Development? 4. Lessons from Cost Recovery in Education 5. Financing of Higher Education: Traditional versus Modern Approaches 6. Privatization of Higher Education 7. Current Trends in Private Sector in Higher Education in Asia 8. Higher Education in BRIC Countries: Comparative Patterns and Policies 9. Economics of Internationalisation of Higher Education 10. Social Control on Higher Education 11. Higher Education and Development in Asia 12. Universities: An Endangered Species?. Index

O autorze

Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, an eminent economist of education and former Vice-Chancellor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, is currently Distinguished Professor at the Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India. He has authored/edited more than12 books and around 300 research articles in refereed journals. In recognition of his research, he received the Swami Pranavananda Saraswati UGC Award, Malcolm Adiseshiah Award, Dewang Mehta Award, and Inspirational Teacher of the Year Award. He has served as Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia in the US, Hiroshima University in Japan, and Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam, India; Consultant at the World Bank; and President of the Comparative Education Society of India. He also served as the dditor of Journal of Educational Planning and Administration.