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Higher education, policy, and the global competition phenomenon

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Higher education, policy, and the global competition phenomenonedited by Laura M. Portnoi, Val D. Rust, and Sylvia S. Bagley.
other author:	Bagley, Sylvia S.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2010.
Description:	xviii, 266 p. :ill.
Subject:	Higher education and state.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230106130

Higher education, policy, and the global competition phenomenon
Higher education, policy, and the global competition phenomenon[electronic resource] /edited by Laura M. Portnoi, Val D. Rust, and Sylvia S. Bagley. - 1st ed. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2010. - xviii, 266 p. :ill. - International and development education. - International & development education..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global Competition in Higher Education -- Theoretical Background on the Ranking and Qualifications Phenomenon -- National Systems, or League Tables -- International Ranking Systems -- Recognition of Qualifications Processes -- Critical Analysis of the Development of the Ranking and Qualifications Phenomenon -- National Privatization Policies (e.g., Malaysia, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Brazil) -- World Class University Policies (e.g., China, South Korean, Taiwan) -- Quality Assurance Programs (e.g., France, UK, Argentina, South Africa, Chile, Global Citizen Policies (e.g., Singapore, USA) --Internationalization to Improve Competitiveness -- Africa.

In today's open and integrated world, competition has become centralto the higher education subsector. Key facets of the global competition phenomenon include the development of global university ranking systems, academic capitalism, and mergers of "strong" and "weak" institutions. This volume provides a critical assessment of the phenomenon and thecomplex ways in which global competition is envisioned and enacted in various countries and their higher education institutions. Senior and emerging scholars in the field address the tensions and challenges inherent in the global competition phenomenon by delving into issues such asuniversity rankings, quality assurance, cross-border highereducation provision, and privatization.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230106130Subjects--Topical Terms:

477277
Higher education and state.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: LC171 / .H54 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 379.1214

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