Higher education in the UK and the US : converging models in a global academic world? /

Higher Education in the UK and the US: Converging University Models in a Global Academic World? edited by Sarah Pickard addresses the key similarities and differences in higher education between the two countries over the last thirty years, in order to ascertain whether there exists a specific ¿́¿An...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pickard, Sarah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2014.
Colección:Youth in a globalizing world ; 1.
Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262508.
Temas:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > Great Britain.
Higher education and state > Great Britain.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Higher education and state > United States.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects > United States.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States.
Education and globalization.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > Grande-Bretagne.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect économique > Grande-Bretagne.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Éducation et mondialisation.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education and globalization
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Education, Higher > Economic aspects
Education, Higher > Social aspects
Higher education and state
Great Britain
United States
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Sumario:Higher Education in the UK and the US: Converging University Models in a Global Academic World? edited by Sarah Pickard addresses the key similarities and differences in higher education between the two countries over the last thirty years, in order to ascertain whether there exists a specific ¿́¿Anglo-Saxon model¿́¿. This interdisciplinary book is divided into three thematic parts dealing with current fundamental issues in higher education within neoliberal Great Britain and the United States: economics and marketisation of higher education; access and admittance to universities; and the student experience of higher education. The contributors are all higher education specialists in diverse academic fields ¿́¿ sociology, political sciences, public policy studies, educational studies and history ¿́¿ from either side of the Atlantic. Contributors are: Bahram Bekhradnia, James Co¿¿te¿¿, Marie-Agne¿¿s De¿¿tourbe, John Halsey, Magali Julian, Kenneth O¿́¿Brien, Cristiana Olcese, Anna Mountford-Zimdars, Sarah Pickard, Chris Rust, Clare Saunders, Christine Soulas, and Steven Ward.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:9789004262768
9004262768

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