Higher Education, Stratification, and Workforce Development Competitive Advantage in Europe, the US, and Canada /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Slaughter, Sheila (Editor), Taylor, Barrett Jay (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Higher Education Dynamics, 45
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This work analyses how political economic shifts contribute to competition within higher education systems in the US, EU, and Canada. The authors highlight competition for prestige and public and private subsidies, exploring the consequences of these processes through theoretical and empirical analy...