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Book SynopsisEnrollment in institutions of higher education around the world is growing. Some scholars have suggested that one reason for this expansion is that the role of higher education has shifted over the last 50 years from an elite to a mass institution. This book discusses the worldwide transformation of higher education from multiple perspectives.
Table of ContentsChanges in access to higher education: From worldwide constraints to common patterns of reform?. World University rankings. Corruption in higher education. Women's studies as a global innovation. The research university in context: The examples of Brazil and Germany. Historical legacies of soviet higher education and the transformation of higher education systems in post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia. The World Bank and higher education in the developing world: The cases of Uganda and Thailand. Rapid expansion of higher education in South Korea: Political economy of education fever. China's move to mass higher education: An analysis of policy making from a rational framework. The impact of neo-liberalism on Taiwanese higher education. America in the world: Higher education and the global marketplace. Preface. List of Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index. Edited by. Edited by. Copyright page.
