Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession

The BRICs and the United States

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

This is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will affect the academic profession in each context.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-02-05
Mått:140 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:206
Upplaga:2013
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137493613

Utforska kategorier

Högskola och universitet inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Martin J. Finkelstein, Seton Hall University, USAKevin W. Iglesias, Seton Hall University, USAN. Jayaram, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, IndiaMa Wanhua, Center for International Higher Education at Peking University, ChinaSimon Schwartzman, Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade, BrazilWen Jianbo, Central University of Finance and Economics, China

Recensioner i media

"policymakers and ... those interested in global issues in higher education, including scholars in international and comparative higher education, will find a wealth of interesting facts and comparisons in this volume." - Higher Education

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Prospects for the BRICs: The New Academic Superpowers?; P. Altbach 2. Higher Education, the Academic Profession, and Economic Development in Brazil; S. Schwartzman 3. Changing Realities: Russian Higher Education and the Academic Profession; G. Androushchak, Y. Kuzminov & M. Yudkevich 4. India: Streamlining the Academic Profession for a Knowledge Economy; N. Jayaram 5. The Chinese Academic Profession: New Realities; M. Wanhua and W. Jianbo 6. The Changing American Academic Profession; M. Finkelstein and K. Iglesias