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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9789004406155

Series Statement: Global Perspectives on Higher Education ; 22

Content: Today's 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 a key driver of the new knowledge economy. Because of this research universities, at the top of academic systems, have become central institutions in contemporary society. Trends in Global Higher Education analyses these and other key forces shaping higher education today. Using up-to-date UNESCO statistics, trends defining higher education are placed in a comparative and international framework. Patterns of globalization, the flow of students and scholars across borders, the impact of information technology, and other key forces are critically assessed. This book is a key resource for understanding the present and future of global higher education.

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Additional Edition: Print version: Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution, Leiden Boston : Brill | Sense, 2010

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (CCXIV, 16 p.)

Edition: 1st ed. 2017.

ISBN: 94-6351-083-4

Series Statement: Global Perspectives on Higher Education

Content: Global massification of postsecondary education, with more than 200 million students studying at an untold number of institutions focusing on every specialization possible, necessitates a differentiated system of postsecondary education in every country. This book provides the first comparative study of how postsecondary education has evolved in 13 countries. The study offers an analysis of current global realities and how different nations have constructed their response. Our research shows that few countries have developed rational and differentiated academic systems to meet new realities. The book provides insights regarding useful approaches for the development of academic systems. The book reveals similarities and differences in the 13 case studies as different governments have expanded postsecondary education to respond to the massification of enrollment. Postsecondary education has become diversified, but for the most part not adequately differentiated in most countries. Several of the case studies underscore the challenge of sustaining differentiation within the system if credentials from non-university, postsecondary institutions are considered of lesser social status. Too often institutions that successfully address the practical needs of national economies are ultimately merged into the university system. There is an urgent need for the planning and structuring of coherent systems of postsecondary education to serve the increasingly diverse clientele in need of the skills required by the knowledge economy. This study is the first global analysis aimed at understanding how post-secondary education can be organized to meet society’s requirements and points to the need for designing coherent academic systems.

Note: Preliminary Material / , The Necessity and Reality of Differentiated Postsecondary Systems / , Diversification and Differentiation in Postsecondary Education: What the Research Shows / , Differentiated Postsecondary Systems and the Role of the University: The case of Egypt / , Differentiation within the Postsecondary Education Sector in Ghana / , Institutional Differentiation in Australian Postsecondary Education: Hit and Miss / , A Differentiated Postsecondary Education System In Mainland China / , India’s Growth Of Postsecondary Education: Scale, Speed And Fault Lines / , The Consequences Of Market-Based Mass Postsecondary Education:Japan’s Challenges / , Democratization of Postsecondary Education in France: Diverse and Complementary Institutions / , The Expansion and Structural Change of Postsecondary Education in Germany / , Diversity And Uniformity In The Structure Of Russian Postsecondary Education / , United Kingdom: From Binary to Confusion / , Brazilian Postsecondary Education In The 21st Century: A Conservative Modernization / , Against all Odds: How Chile Developed a Successful Technical and Vocational Sector in Postsecondary education / , The Transformation of the System of Postsecondary Education in the United States / , Massification and Differentiation in Postsecondary Education: A Marriage of Convenience? / , Author Biographies / , Global Perspectives On Higher Education /

Additional Edition: ISBN 94-6351-082-6

Additional Edition: ISBN 94-6351-081-8

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6351-083-7

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Format: 1 online resource.

ISBN: 9789463510837

Series Statement: Global Perspectives on Higher Education; v. 37

Content: Global massification of postsecondary education, with more than 200 million students studying at an untold number of institutions focusing on every specialization possible, necessitates a differentiated system of postsecondary education in every country. This book provides the first comparative study of how postsecondary education has evolved in 13 countries. The study offers an analysis of current global realities and how different nations have constructed their response. Our research shows that few countries have developed rational and differentiated academic systems to meet new realities. The book provides insights regarding useful approaches for the development of academic systems. The book reveals similarities and differences in the 13 case studies as different governments have expanded postsecondary education to respond to the massification of enrollment. Postsecondary education has become diversified, but for the most part not adequately differentiated in most countries. Several of the case studies underscore the challenge of sustaining differentiation within the system if credentials from non-university, postsecondary institutions are considered of lesser social status. Too often institutions that successfully address the practical needs of national economies are ultimately merged into the university system. There is an urgent need for the planning and structuring of coherent systems of postsecondary education to serve the increasingly diverse clientele in need of the skills required by the knowledge economy. This study is the first global analysis aimed at understanding how post-secondary education can be organized to meet society's requirements and points to the need for designing coherent academic systems.

Note: Preliminary Material / , The Necessity and Reality of Differentiated Postsecondary Systems / , Diversification and Differentiation in Postsecondary Education: What the Research Shows / , Differentiated Postsecondary Systems and the Role of the University: The case of Egypt / , Differentiation within the Postsecondary Education Sector in Ghana / , Institutional Differentiation in Australian Postsecondary Education: Hit and Miss / , A Differentiated Postsecondary Education System In Mainland China / , India's Growth Of Postsecondary Education: Scale, Speed And Fault Lines / , The Consequences Of Market-Based Mass Postsecondary Education:Japan's Challenges / , Democratization of Postsecondary Education in France: Diverse and Complementary Institutions / , The Expansion and Structural Change of Postsecondary Education in Germany / , Diversity And Uniformity In The Structure Of Russian Postsecondary Education / , United Kingdom: From Binary to Confusion / , Brazilian Postsecondary Education In The 21st Century: A Conservative Modernization / , Against all Odds: How Chile Developed a Successful Technical and Vocational Sector in Postsecondary education / , The Transformation of the System of Postsecondary Education in the United States / , Massification and Differentiation in Postsecondary Education: A Marriage of Convenience? / , Author Biographies / , Global Perspectives On Higher Education /

Additional Edition: Print version: Responding to Massification: Differentiation in Postsecondary Education Wordwide Leiden, Boston : Brill | Sense, 2017, ISBN 9789463510820

Language: English

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Format: XVIII, 192 Seiten , Illustrationen , 24 cm

ISBN: 9789004366091 , 9789004366107

Series Statement: Global perspectives on higher education volume 40

Content: "During the past several decades, several "highly-resourced, accelerated research universities" have been established around the world to pursue--and achieve--academic and research excellence. These institutions are entirely new, not existing universities that were reconfigured. Accelerated Universities provides case studies of eight such universities and highlights the lessons to be learned from these examples. Each of the cases is written by someone involved with leadership at the early developmental stages of each university, and provides insights that only senior executives can illustrate. Accelerated Universities shows that visionary leadership and generous funding combined with innovative ideas can yield impressive results in a short time. Universities aspiring to recognition among the top tier of global institutions will find this book indispensable"--

Content: The art of starting a new university : lessons of experience / Jamil Salmi, Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg and Isak Froumin -- From technical school to world-class polytechnic : École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne / Gerard Escher -- Building and sustaining academic excellence : the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology / Tony F. Chan -- Innovation and the development of human resources in the Gulf : Masdar Institute of Science and Technology / Fred Moavenzadeh -- A world-class experiment in Kazakhstan : Nazarbayev University / Shigeo Katsu and Aray Saniyazova -- Olin College of Engineering : reinventing engineering education in the United States / Richard K. Miller with Ann-Marie Dorning -- Building a new academic institution: the Singapore University of Technology and Design / Thomas L. Magnanti -- Building Skoltech : a university for economic development / Edward Crawley -- The University of Luxembourg : a national excellence initiative / Franck Leprevost -- Establishing a world-class university from scratch : an initiator's perspective / Artemy Morozov and Pavel Shchedrovitskiy

Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004366107

Language: English

Keywords: Universität ; Neugründung ; Bildungselite ; Forschung

Author information: Altbach, Philip G. 1941-

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Format: 170 Seiten

Language: English

Keywords: Hochschulpolitik ; Hochschulplanung

Author information: Altbach, Philip G. 1941-

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Format: XII, 253 S. : , graph. Darst.

ISBN: 978-94-6091-338-9 , 978-94-6091-339-6

Series Statement: Global perspectives on higher education 22

Language: English

Subjects: General works

Author information: Altbach, Philip G., 1941-

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Format: XIII, 206 p. , online resource.

ISBN: 9780230369795

Content: This is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will affect the academic profession in each context.

In: Springer eBooks

Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9781349350643

Language: English

DOI: 10.1057/9780230369795

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230369795

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Format: CCXIV, 16 p. , online resource.

ISBN: 9789463510837

Series Statement: Global Perspectives on Higher Education

Content: Global massification of postsecondary education, with more than 200 million students studying at an untold number of institutions focusing on every specialization possible, necessitates a differentiated system of postsecondary education in every country. This book provides the first comparative study of how postsecondary education has evolved in 13 countries. The study offers an analysis of current global realities and how different nations have constructed their response. Our research shows that few countries have developed rational and differentiated academic systems to meet new realities. The book provides insights regarding useful approaches for the development of academic systems. The book reveals similarities and differences in the 13 case studies as different governments have expanded postsecondary education to respond to the massification of enrollment. Postsecondary education has become diversified, but for the most part not adequately differentiated in most countries. Several of the case studies underscore the challenge of sustaining differentiation within the system if credentials from non-university, postsecondary institutions are considered of lesser social status. Too often institutions that successfully address the practical needs of national economies are ultimately merged into the university system. There is an urgent need for the planning and structuring of coherent systems of postsecondary education to serve the increasingly diverse clientele in need of the skills required by the knowledge economy. This study is the first global analysis aimed at understanding how post-secondary education can be organized to meet society’s requirements and points to the need for designing coherent academic systems.

In: Springer eBooks

Language: English

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6351-083-7

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-083-7