Higher Education in the BRICS Countries Investigating the Pact between Higher Education and Society /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schwartzman, Simon (Editor), Pinheiro, Rómulo (Editor), Pillay, Pundy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Higher Education Dynamics, 44
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Sociology of Education.

In spite of the increasing attention attributed to the rise in prominence of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries, few studies have looked at the ways in which broader social expectations with respect to the role of higher education across the BRICS have changed, or no...