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The transformation of global higher education, 1945 -2015 /
This book explores some of the major forces and changes in higher education across the world between 1945 and 2015. This includes the explosions of higher education institutions and enrollments, a development captured by the notion of massification. There were also profound shifts in the financing a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2016]
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| Series: | African histories and modernities.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: The Postwar Boom: TheÜniversalization ofḦigher Education; Introduction; Institutional Explosion; Degrees ofÈMassification; Persistent Inequality; Demographic Destinies andÖther Disruptions; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Money Matters: Economic andÖccupational Disruptions; Introduction; Waves ofÈPrivatization; The Cost-Sharing Craze; Shifting Economic andÖccupational Landscapes; Struggles forÄffordability andÄccountability; Conclusion; Notes; References.
- Chapter 3: Disciplining Knowledges: Ruptures inÄcademic SystemsIntroduction; Shifting Knowledge Landscapes; Disciplinary Restructuring; The Digital Academy; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Global Village: TheÈCompetitive Challenges ofÏnternationalization; Academic Sojourns Abroad; Exporting Institutional Models; Regional Dimensions andÄctors; The Seductions andÈSanctions ofÈRankings; Geographies andḦierarchies ofÈKnowledge Collaboration; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Quality Control: Struggles forÄccountability andÈValue; Introduction.
- The Invasion ofÄssessment Culture The Curriculum Goes toÈMarket; The Unbundling ofÈFaculty Life; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.