The global university: past, present, and future perspectives

Engages a topic of pressing concern for government, business, and education leaders around the world: the race to establish 'world-class' universities. Some herald the globalization of higher education as the key to a dynamic and productive 'knowledge society.' Others worry that modern universities have come to resemble multinational corporations. INDICE: Acknowledgements.Introduction: The Global University: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives; .A.R.Nelson.PART I: REGIONALISM(S) AND GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM.Global Aspirations and Strategizing for World-Class Status: New Modes of Higher-education governance and the Emergence of Regulatory Regionalism in East Asia; .K.H.Mok.Contributing to the Southeast Asian Knowledge Economy? Australian Offshore Campuses in Malaysia and Vietnam; .A.R.Welch .PART II: THE CHANGING DIMENSIONS OF UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE.Collegiality and Hierarchy: Coordinating principles in higher education;. I.Bleiklie.The Twenty-FirstCentury University: Dilemmas of Leadership and Organizational Futures; .R.Deem.PART III: ACADEMIC ROLES AND THE PURPOSES OF THE UNIVERSITY.Medieval Universities and Aspirations to Universal Significance; .I.P.Wei.The Changing Role ofthe Academic: Historical and Comparative Perspectives; .X.Xiaozhou. & .X.Shan.PART IV: SHIFTING PATTERNS IN GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION.Toward General Education in the Global University: The Chinese Model .Doctoral Educationand the Global University: Studen Mobility, Hierarchy, and Canadian Government Policy, .G.A.Jones. & .B.Gopaul.PART V: UNIVERSITIES AND EXTERNAL FUNDING.What Can Modern Universities Learn from the Past? English Universities Working with Industry, 1870-1914; .J.Taylor.Universities and the Effects of External Funding: Sub-Saharan Africa and the Nordic Countries; .P.Maassen.Conclusion: Lessons from the Past, Considerations for the Future; .A.R.Nelson. & .I.P.Wei.Contributor Biographies.List of Tables and Figures.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-39245-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 284
• Fecha Publicación: 27/04/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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