Comparative Higher Education: Knowledge, the University and Development (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789628093885)

This book addresses a domain which is increasingly international. The issues that affect universities in any single country are important globally. Comparative Higher Education explores links between universities, noting the roles of foreign students, the impact of Western higher education ideas, and patterns of inequality among academic systems. Teachers and students are at the heart of the academic enterprise. Comparative Higher Education discusses the roles of professors and students in a comparative framework. The book concludes with a discussion of higher education development in the newly industrializing countries. Comparative Higher Education reflects over three decades of research, and places key elements in the globalization of higher education in a conceptual framework. Worldwide examples are used to illustrate analyses of international exchanges, trends in university development, and the complex relationships among academic systems in industrialized and less developed countries.

Author: Philip G. Altbach
ISBN-10: 9628093886
ISBN-13: 9789628093885
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1998
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d