A Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Systems Issues, Challenge
This is a well crafted, timely book that comes at a time when so much is happening in higher education contexts across the world. Clearly, it is in response to these global (and selectively local) trends that Kariwo, Gounko and Nungu bring together an imp
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A Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Systems Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas
Edited by Michael Kariwo University of Alberta, Canada Tatiana Gounko University of Victoria, Canada and Musembi Nungu University of Alberta, Canada
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword Darlene E. Clover
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1. Philosophies in Higher Education Michael Kariwo, Tatiana Gounko & Musembi Nungu 2. Massification of Chinese Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges in a Globalizing Context Hongxia Shan & Shibao Guo
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3. The Impact of Zimbabwean Higher Education Policies on Access Michael Kariwo
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4. Becoming a University: A Case Study of VIU Cynthia Field & Tatiana Gounko
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5. Adding Value to Knowledge or Eroding the Quality of Education? A Critical Examination of the Module II Degree Programmes in Kenyan Public Universities Njeri Kiaritha, Maina Waiganjo & Musembi Nungu 6. Policies of Accountability, Decentralization, Efficiency, Quality and Relevance: A Description of Their Adoption and Practice in Mexican Higher Education Elizabeth Ocampo Gómez & José Luis Suárez Domínguez 7. The Challenges Facing Higher Education in India Elizabeth Vergis 8. The Role of the State in Neoliberal Reforms of Korean Higher Education Moon Sook Jeong 9. Reviving Russian Science and Academia Tatiana Gounko
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10. Knowledge Democracy, Higher Education and Engagement: Renegotiating the Social Contract Budd Hall
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11. University, College Partnerships and Collaborations in Canada: A Critical Analysis Michael Kariwo & Christopher Zindi
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12. Competing for Advantage: A Discourse Analysis of Internationalization Policy in Canadian and Ghanaian Higher Education Shelane Jorgenson 13. Critical Perspectives on the Development of Modern Higher Education in Ethiopia: A Critical Analysis of Issues of Relevance, Quality, and Management Yesuf H. Abdela & Thashika Pillay 14. Who Should Get in: A Minority Student Access Issue in Canadian Higher Education Dan Cui
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15. A Synthesis of the Issues, Challenges, and Dilemmas Michael Kariwo, Tatiana Gounko & Musembi Nungu
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Contributors
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Index
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DARLENE E. CLOVER
FOREWORD
This edited volume is important and timely. Although there are an increasing number of studies, books and
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