International Handbook of Higher 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 org
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Springer International Handbooks of Education VOLUME 18
International Handbook of Higher Education Part One: Global Themes and Contemporary Challenges
Edited by
James J.F. Forest U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, USA
and
Philip G. Altbach Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 1-4020-4011-3 (HB) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4011-5 (HB) ISBN-10 1-4020-4012-1 (e-book) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-4012-2 (e-book)
Published by Springer P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com
Printed on acid-free paper
First published 2006, reprinted 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE: GLOBAL THEMES AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES Acknowledgments 1 2 3
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Introduction Philip G. Altbach and James J. F. Forest
1
The Academic Profession J¨urgen Enders
5
Accountability and Quality Assurance: New Issues for Academic Inquiry Elaine El-Khawas
23
Curricula in International Perspective Lisa R. Lattuca
39
Doctoral Education: Present Realities and Future Trends Philip G. Altbach
65
Higher Education Finance: Trends and Issues Arthur M. Hauptman
83
For-Profit Higher Education: U.S. Tendencies, International Echoes Kevin Kinser and Daniel C. Levy
107
Globalization and the University: Realities in an Unequal World Philip G. Altbach
121
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Table of Contents
Governance and Administration: Organizational and Structural Trends Barbara Sporn
141
History of Universities Harold Perkin
159
Internationalization: Concepts, Complexities and Challenges Jane Knight
207
Higher Education Management: Challenges and Strategies George Keller
229
Reflections on the Transition from Elite to Mass to Universal Access: Forms and Phases of Higher Education in Modern Societies since WWII Martin Trow
243
The Private Fit in the Higher Education Landscape Daniel C. Levy
281
Beyond Private Gain: The Public Benefits of Higher Education David E. Bloom, Matthew Hartley, and Henry Rosovsky
293
Research and Scholarship Grant Harman
309
Student Politics: Activism and Culture Philip G. Altbach
329
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education James J. F. Forest
347
Rhetoric or Reality? Technology in Borderless Higher Education Svava Bjarnason
377
About the Editors
393
About the Contributors
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Table of Contents
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PART TWO: REGIONS AND COUNTRIES Preface to Volume Two
xi
SECTION 1 REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 20 21 22 23
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Higher Education in the Arab World Linda Herrera
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Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe Peter Sco
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