International Handbook of Higher Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Forest, James J. F. (Editor), Altbach, Philip G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Springer International Handbooks of Education ; 18
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

Higher education is a truly global activity, built around the intersections of international knowledge networks in which institutions, faculty and students explore, create and share knowledge. Virtually all colleges and universities stem from a common organizational model and intellectual history, a...