Until recently, Eurocentrist history professors taught that it was the Europeans who brought higher education to the African continent. While the Europeans have indeed influenced African education in recent times, there is some vital information that most history books leave out: for centuries before the arrival of the Europeans, the vast and advanced native African civilizations already had sophisticated universities and other institutions of higher education to boast about. This book is an attempt to fill the chasm in today's literature regarding this topic. It will be of interest to...
Until recently, Eurocentrist history professors taught that it was the Europeans who brought higher education to the African continent. While the E...
As South Africa moved into a new era of its history, there were major challenges facing the post-apartheid government with regard to the reform of higher education. This book analyzes these challenges, highlighting key constraints in the reform process including: the compromise pact agreed upon between the apartheid government and the ruling African National Congress; the rapidly globalizing environment underpinned by neo-liberal principles within which South Africa's transition took place; shifts in macro-economic policies of government towards neo-liberal policy; the inheritance of the...
As South Africa moved into a new era of its history, there were major challenges facing the post-apartheid government with regard to the reform of hig...
This book examines the development of American undergraduate study abroad to the present day, investigating how powerful derogatory beliefs about international exchange have constrained its growth and examining the policy designed to increase participation in overseas education. In the early twentieth century, Americans came to perceive U.S. higher education as superior to the European institutions they previously admired. Whereas American men once sought European educations to pursue the professions, they now stayed home. After World War I, study abroad became the domain of undergraduate...
This book examines the development of American undergraduate study abroad to the present day, investigating how powerful derogatory beliefs about inte...
In the early 1990s Russia began its transition to a market economy, and in response Russian universities started to import Western-style economics programs. This caused deep divisions and crises within Russian academia as the new imports contradicted and overturned the Soviet socialist dogmas which had been accepted as fact at all levels of society for decades. In addition to this painful reversal, the introduction of economics meant a necessary retraining of the entire cadre of academic economists, translating and publishing textbooks, re-designing curricula and restructuring departments to...
In the early 1990s Russia began its transition to a market economy, and in response Russian universities started to import Western-style economics pro...
Previous research has generally shown a very small although statistically significant economic benefit from attending high-quality colleges. This small effect was at odds with what students' college choice and various social theories would seem to suggest. This study sought to reconcile the empirical evidence and theories. The effort was in two directions. First, the economic effect of college quality was expanded from examining only the economic benefit to considering other student outcomes including job satisfaction and graduate degree accomplishment. A new perspective regarding the...
Previous research has generally shown a very small although statistically significant economic benefit from attending high-quality colleges. This s...
In view of the increasing number of Third World countries considering the establishment of women's colleges to meet the demand for the higher education of women, presenting a case study of two key women's colleges in the Philippines. Within the context of global, national and local changes since the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, academic and administrative leaders at two prestigious women's colleges candidly discuss how their respective institutions adapted to their environments and how the colleges will fare in the future. Preferences for large, coeducational institutions; the...
In view of the increasing number of Third World countries considering the establishment of women's colleges to meet the demand for the higher educa...
This study explores the experience of Foreign Language Faculty members in American colleges and universities. The gender bias of foreign language faculty and their employment status often leads to their being marginalised within the teaching profession, and within Foreign Language faculties there is further marginalisation of female teachers, teachers of less commonly taught languages and non-tenure-track faculty members. By studying their experiences, it is possible to gain insight into the causes and effects of faculty marginalisation in general - insights that are much needed in order to...
This study explores the experience of Foreign Language Faculty members in American colleges and universities. The gender bias of foreign language facu...
The rapid success of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) only recently has caught the attention of scholars in academe. The continuing expansion of the proprietary higher education sector has lead to fundamental questions regarding the purpose and function of FPCUs. As new technologies continue to emerge, education is becoming of increasing import to employees seeking to upgrade their skills and employers in search of individuals who possess the necessary expertise and training to help their organizations succeed. For-profit institutions challenge traditional notions of the...
The rapid success of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) only recently has caught the attention of scholars in academe. The continuing expans...
By and large, the debate about the merits of including higher education services within free trade policies has occurred outside of the United States, even though the U.S. Office of the Trade Representative has specifically included higher education services in its March 2003 negotiating offer to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). This book emerged from research and conversations on the potential implications of free trade on American higher education, implications which have yet to lead to any real conversation or debate within the broad higher education community in the...
By and large, the debate about the merits of including higher education services within free trade policies has occurred outside of the United Stat...
This book explores the goals, efforts and outcomes of international assistance to higher education over the past three decades and investigates how these have impacted changing State-university relations. Focusing on the case study of Indonesia, Bastiaens demonstrates how international aid facilitated and at times actively encouraged changing patterns of state-university relations from state control towards greater institutional autonomy. Through the use of various case studies from throughout the country and critical analysis of the relationships between international donors and domestic...
This book explores the goals, efforts and outcomes of international assistance to higher education over the past three decades and investigates how...
