This book inquires about the processes through which different higher education systems have determined national higher education policies related to competitiveness, as well as the strategies they have adopted to enhance their global competitiveness.

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Yes, you can access Higher Education, Policy, and the Global Competition Phenomenon by V. Rust, L. Portnoi, S. Bagley, V. Rust,L. Portnoi,S. Bagley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Comparative Education. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2010

ISBN

9780230106130

Topic

Education

Subtopic

Comparative Education

Cover
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Series Editors’ Introduction
1 Mapping the Terrain: The Global Competition Phenomenon in Higher Education
2 Higher Education Responds to Global Economic Dynamics
3 Global Comparisons and the University Knowledge Economy
4 Accounting for Excellence: Transforming Universities into Organizational Actors
5 Quality Assurance and Global Competitiveness in Higher Education
6 Quality-Oriented Management of Higher Education in Argentina
7 The Tension Between Profit and Quality: Private Higher Education in Oman
8 Surviving Austerity: Kenya’s Public Universities and the Competition for Financial Resources
9 Global Competition, Local Implications: Higher Education Development in the United Arab Emirates
10 Global Competition as a Two-Edged Sword: Vietnam Higher Education Policy
11 Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Global Knowledge System
12 China’s Drive for World-Class Universities
13 Global Competition and Higher Education in Tanzania
14 Soft Power Strategies: Competition and Cooperation in a Globalized System of Higher Education
15 Internationalization and the Competitiveness Agenda
16 Global Competition in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Policies, Rationales, and Practices in Australia and Europe
17 Student Mobility and Emerging Hubs in Global Higher Education
Notes on Contributors
Index