Asia is home to a majority of the world's population and has an expanding economy. As the West engages in greater interaction with the East, developments in Asia have increasingly greater significance throughout the world. Higher education is central to the tremendous expansion of Asia. This reference book surveys the state of higher education in 20 representative Asian countries. Countries profiled include advanced industrial nations, such as Japan and Singapore, as well as more impoverished lands, such as Bangladesh. Chapters are written by expert contributors, and each author cites...
Asia is home to a majority of the world's population and has an expanding economy. As the West engages in greater interaction with the East, develo...
This book provides useful information to publishers, book development professionals, and others concerned with Third World publishing. It offers a comprehensive overview of the significant literature in the field and is a valuable resource as the Third World book industry continues to grow and mature.
This book provides useful information to publishers, book development professionals, and others concerned with Third World publishing. It offers a ...
Higher education is increasingly international. The issues that affect universities in one country are important globally. There are a myriad of links among academic systems worldwide. Comparative Higher Education is the first book to systematically explore many of the most important implications of the globalization of higher education. It explores the links among universities, including foreign students and scholars, the impact of the Western higher education idea on universities throughout the world, and especially the current importance of American academic ideas worldwide, and the...
Higher education is increasingly international. The issues that affect universities in one country are important globally. There are a myriad of li...
Students have periodically played an important role in campus political life as well as in societal politics. Students were active in the anti-slavery movement; they rebelled against military service in the Civil War; they staged demonstrations during the Depression; and they were vocal during the 1960s. While activism has subsided somewhat in the past three decades, students continue to be involved in significant political issues. Student Politics in America is the first book to chronicle the entire history of student political activism in America--dealing not only with the...
Students have periodically played an important role in campus political life as well as in societal politics. Students were active in the anti-slav...
Higher education is a truly global activity, built around the intersections of international knowledge networks in which institutions, faculty and students explore, create and share knowledge. Virtually all colleges and universities stem from a common organizational model and intellectual history, and academic disciplines are defined worldwide in common terms the study of sociology in Japan or Germany is seen roughly the same as the study of sociology in Canada or the United States.
The purpose of this publication is to provide a central, authoritative reference source on...
Higher education is a truly global activity, built around the intersections of international knowledge networks in which institutions, faculty and ...
How are professors paid? Can the best and brightest be attracted to the academic profession? With universities facing international competition, which countries compensate their academics best, and which ones lag behind? Paying the Professoriate examines these questions and provides key insights and recommendations into the current state of the academic profession worldwide. Paying the Professoriate is the first comparative analysis of global faculty salaries, remuneration, and terms of employment. Offering an in-depth international comparison of academic salaries in 28 countries across...
How are professors paid? Can the best and brightest be attracted to the academic profession? With universities facing international competition, which...
How are professors paid? Can the 'best and brightest' be attracted to the academic profession? With universities facing international competition, which countries compensate their academics best, and which ones lag behind? This book examines these questions and much more.
How are professors paid? Can the 'best and brightest' be attracted to the academic profession? With universities facing international competition, whi...
The positive contribution of tertiary education is increasingly recognized as not limited to middle-income and advanced countries, since it applies equally to low-income economies. Tertiary education can help countries become more globally competitive by developing a skilled, productive, and flexible labor force and by creating, applying, and spreading new ideas and technologies. Research universities are reckoned among the central institutions of the 21st century knowledge economies. This book extends the analysis of the framework presented in The Challenge of Establishing World-Class...
The positive contribution of tertiary education is increasingly recognized as not limited to middle-income and advanced countries, since it applies eq...
Les principaux chapitres du present ouvrage correspondent a neuf etudes de cas qui illustrent ce qu'il faut faire pour creer et maintenir des universites de recherche. Les redacteurs ont choisi specifiquement ces etudes de cas en fonction de plusieurs criteres. Nous avons tout d'abord veille a un bon equilibre regional en incluant des exemples d'au moins cinq regions sur quatre continents: Amerique latine (Chili et Mexique), Asie du Sud (Inde), Asie de l'Est et du Sud-Est (Chine; RAS de Hong Kong, Chine; Republique de Coree; Malaisie; Singapour), Europe de l'Est (Federation de Russie) et...
Les principaux chapitres du present ouvrage correspondent a neuf etudes de cas qui illustrent ce qu'il faut faire pour creer et maintenir des universi...
Todays academic revolution is unprecedented. Mass higher education has become a worldwide phenomenon, with enrollments growing from 100 million to 150 million in just a decade. The implications of massification are immense-greatly increased participation for a more diverse population including women and many traditionally underrepresented socio-economic groups; the rise of private higher education; diversification of academic institutions and systems; and an overall weakening of academic standards at non-elite institutions in many countries. At the same time, higher education is recognized as...
Todays academic revolution is unprecedented. Mass higher education has become a worldwide phenomenon, with enrollments growing from 100 million to 150...
