Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms

This volume explores the interrelationship between ideology, the state and higher education reforms, setting it in a global context. It examines some of the major higher education reforms and policy issues in a global culture, particularly in the light of recent shifts in quality and standards-drive...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Zajda, Joseph (Editor), Rust, Val (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research ; 15
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • 1. Globalisation and Neo-Liberal Education Reforms in the Knowledge Society
  • Part 1: Higher Education Reforms in the USA
  • 2. Higher Education and the Discourse on Global Competition: Vernacular Approaches within Higher Education Policy Documents
  • 3. New Developments in Global University Rankings
  • 4. Higher Education Engagements and Economic Participation: Divide and Conquer
  • 5. University Social and Public Engagement: Creative Nexuses for STEM Research and International Relations
  • 6. Investing in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): “Frenemy” Risk and Information Quality
  • Part 2: Higher Education Reforms: An International Perspective
  • 7. Expansion and Curtailing in Finnish Higher Education between 1950-2015: The Impact of Economy, Politics and Regional Policy on the Higher Education Network; 8. Paradigm Shift in Higher Education: Learning, Internationalisation and Development
  • 9. Higher Education Reforms and Center-Periphery Dilemmas: Ukrainian Universities between Neo-Soviet and Neo-Liberal Contestations
  • 10. Neo-liberalism and Higher Education Reforms: The Russian Federation
  • 11. Globalisation Higher Education Reforms: Israel
  • 12. Globalisation and Higher Education Policy Reforms
  • Index. .