The International Imperative in Higher Education

21st century higher education faces immense changes—from the broad impact of globalization to the implications of massification and the growth of enrollments worldwide. The International Imperative in Higher Education focuses on most of the central elemen

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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON HIGHER EDUCATION Volume 27 Higher education worldwide is in a period of transition, affected by globalization, the advent of mass access, changing relationships between the university and the state, and the new technologies, among others. Global Perspectives on Higher Education provides cogent analysis and comparative perspectives on these and other central issues affecting postsecondary education worldwide. Series Editor: Philip G. Altbach Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

This series is co-published with the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.

The International Imperative in Higher Education By Philip G. Altbach Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

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Table of Contents

preface ix introduction xi part 1 globalization and its implications 1 The Imperial Tongue: English as the Dominating Academic Language 1 2

Globalization and Forces for Change in Higher Education

3

The Complexities of Global Engagement

11

part 2 global issues 4 Corruption: Challenge to Internationalization

15

5

Access Means Inequality

21

6

What International Advice Do Universities Need? (with Jamil Salmi)

25

The Perils of Commercialism: Australia’s Example (with Anthony Welch)

29

Reforming Higher Education in the Middle East— and Elsewhere

33

The “Subprime” Market and International Higher Education

37

7 8 9

7

part 3 mobility, brain drain, and brain exchange? 10 Brain Drain or Brain Exchange?

41

11 The Complexities of 21st-Century Brain Exchange

47

12 Another Week, Another Scandal: Immigration Dilemmas and Political Confusion (with Liz Reisberg)

51

13 Getting Graduates to Go Home: Not So Easy (with Wanhua Ma)

57

part 4 the academic profession 14 Academic Salaries and Contracts: What Do We Know? (with Iván F. Pacheco)

61

15 The Intricacies of Academic Remuneration

65

16 Academic Career Structures: Bad Ideas (with Christine Musselin)

69

17 Academic Salaries, Academic Corruption, and the Academic Career

73

part 5 rankings and world-class 18 The Overuse of Rankings

77

19 Ranking Season Is Here

81

20 Hong Kong’s Academic Advantage (with Gerard A. Postiglione) 89 21 The Challenge