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
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