Responding to massification : differentiation in postsecondary education worldwide /

Global massification of postsecondary education, with more than 200 million students studying at an untold number of institutions focusing on every specialization possible, necessitates a differentiated system of postsecondary education in every country. This book provides the first comparative stud...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Altbach, Philip G. (Editor ), Reisberg, Liz (Editor ), Wit, Hans de, 1950- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, [2017]
Colección:Global perspectives on higher education ; v. 37.
Temas:
Education, Higher > Cross-cultural studies.
Comparative education.
Foreign study.
Enseignement supérieur > Études transculturelles.
Éducation comparée.
Études à l'étranger.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher.
Cross-cultural studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • ABOUT THE SPONSORS
  • GERMAN RECTORS' CONFERENCE
  • KÖRBER FOUNDATION
  • UNIVERSITÄT HAMBURG
  • ABOUT THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION (CIHE)
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • MASSIFICATION
  • DIVERSITY WITHOUT DIFFERENTIATION
  • PUBLIC-PRIVATE
  • DIFFERENTIATION IN THE TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITY SECTOR
  • BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITY
  • THE CHALLENGES OF DESIGN
  • STRATEGY VERSUS ANARCHY
  • A WAY FORWARD
  • 1. THE NECESSITY AND REALITY OF DIFFERENTIATED POSTSECONDARY SYSTEMS
  • THE ROLE OF THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
  • A KEY CHALLENGE: DIVERSIFICATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
  • THE REVOLUTION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
  • THE CRISIS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ACCREDITATION
  • SYSTEM DESIGN-CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND
  • CLASSIFICATION OR RANKING?
  • DIVERSIFICATION VERSUS DIFFERENTIATION
  • BLUEPRINTS FOR THE FUTURE
  • REFERENCES
  • 2. DIVERSIFICATION AND DIFFERENTIATION IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: WHAT THERESEARCH SHOWS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DEFINITIONS
  • HORIZONTAL VS. VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION
  • ISSUES OF IMPLEMENTATION
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • AFRICA
  • 3. DIFFERENTIATED POSTSECONDARY SYSTEMS AND THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY: THE CASE OF EGYPT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE POSTSECONDARY SYSTEM
  • THE EGYPTIAN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
  • MASSIFICATION CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES
  • ROADMAP FOR THE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET)
  • QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ACCREDITATION EFFORTS
  • THE EGYPTIAN KNOWLEDGE BANK (EKB)
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • 4. DIFFERENTIATION WITHIN THE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SECTOR IN GHANA
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OVERVIEW OF THE EDUCATION STRUCTURE
  • TYPOLOGY OF THE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SECTOR
  • ENROLLMENT DATA
  • PARTICIPATION AND EQUITY OF ACCESS
  • QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS
  • INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
  • ACADEMIC STAFF PROFILES
  • PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THE POSTSECONDARY SECTOR
  • SYSTEM DIFFERENTIATION
  • RESEARCH AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • ASIA & AUSTRALASIA
  • 5. INSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION IN AUSTRALIAN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: HIT AND MISS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • TERTIARY EDUCATION
  • VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (VET)
  • HOW AUSTRALIA GOT TO WHERE IT IS: PLANNED CHANGE, STALEMATES AND IDEOLOGY
  • DIFFERENTIATION IN VET: THE HALFWAY HOUSE
  • A BRIEF REFLECTION ON SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS AND CHANGE
  • THE MODERN AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
  • REFERENCES
  • 6. A DIFFERENTIATED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM IN MAINLAND CHINA
  • THE CURRENT POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW
  • CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AND ITS RECENT UNPRECEDENTED EXPANSION
  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHINESE SYSTEM BEFORE THE RAPID EXPANSION
  • A NEW ERA: HIGHER EDUCATION EXPANSION SINCE 1990S
  • TYPES OF HEIS IN THE DIFFERENTIATED HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
  • NATIONAL AND LOCAL HEIS
  • REGULAR HEIS AND ADULT HEIS
  • THE ELITE UNIVERSITY SECTOR
  • NON-PUBLIC SECTOR: PRIVATE HEIS AND INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
  • THE ROLE OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IN A DIFFERENTIATED SYSTEM
  • NOTE
  • REFERENCES
  • 7. INDIA'S GROWTH OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: SCALE, SPEED AND FAULT LINES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE
  • REGULATORY AND FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS
  • SIZE AND GROWTH
  • INSTITUTIONS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
  • UNIVERSITIES
  • COLLEGES
  • STAND-ALONE INSTITUTIONS
  • INDUSTRIAL TRAINING INSTITUTES
  • OTHER MODES OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (VET)
  • KEY FEATURES OF GROWTH
  • MULTIPLE FAULT LINES
  • DEMAND-SUPPLY MISMATCH
  • FRAGMENTED ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE
  • LACK OF AUTONOMY, QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE CULTURE
  • FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES.
  • 8. THE CONSEQUENCES OF MARKET-BASED MASS POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: JAPAN'S CHALLENGES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM
  • UNIVERSITIES
  • JUNIOR COLLEGES
  • COLLEGES OF TECHNOLOGY
  • PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COLLEGES
  • POLICY SHIFTS
  • CURRENT POLICY DEBATES FOR FURTHER DIFFERENTIATION
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • EUROPE
  • 9. DEMOCRATIZATION OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN FRANCE: DIVERSE AND COMPLEMENTARY INSTITUTIONS
  • EVOLUTION OF THE STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TRANSFORMATION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
  • PETIT ENSEIGNEMENT SUPÉRIEUR
  • THE ELITE INSTITUTIONS
  • THE END OF THE CENTRAL ROLE OF THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN FRENCH HE?
  • THE HE PRIVATIZATION TREND
  • RATIONALIZATION AND CONVERGENCE OF THE MODELS OF GRANDES ÉCOLES AND UNIVERSITIES
  • THE REGULATORY ROLE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTE
  • REFERENCES
  • 10. THE EXPANSION AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN GERMANY
  • INTRODUCTION: POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN GERMANY
  • THE EXPANSION OF PARTICIPATION
  • THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF GERMAN HIGHER EDUCATION
  • CURRENT TRENDS OF INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTE
  • REFERENCES
  • 11. DIVERSITY AND UNIFORMITY IN THE STRUCTURE OF RUSSIAN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION: SOVIET ERA
  • END OF THE 20TH CENTURY: NEW ROUND OF MASSIFICATION
  • THE CONSEQUENCES OF MASSIFICATION IN RUSSIA
  • CONTEMPORARY HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN RUSSIA
  • UNIVERSITIES WITH SPECIAL STATUS
  • POLICY SHIFTS IN SUPPORT OF MASSIFICATION
  • AUTONOMY ISSUES
  • QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS
  • THE POSITION AND ROLE OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • 12. UNITED KINGDOM: FROM BINARY TO CONFUSION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE UK
  • POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE UK TODAY.
  • GOVERNANCE
  • ACCESS
  • QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RANKINGS
  • THE ROLE OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • LATIN AMERICA
  • 13. BRAZILIAN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONIN THE 21ST CENTURY: A CONSERVATIVE MODERNIZATION
  • EXPANSION AND FAILED DIVERSIFICATION
  • THE LEGACY OF THE PAST
  • THE CONTEMPORARY INSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPE
  • CHANGES IN THE POLICY FRAMEWORK FROM THE BEGINNING OF 2000S
  • GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
  • PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DYNAMICS
  • RESEARCH
  • LIMITED DIFFERENTIATION
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • 14. AGAINST ALL ODDS: HOW CHILE DEVELOPED A SUCCESSFUL TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SECTOR IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ORIGINS, STRUCTURE, AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE NON-UNIVERSITY SECTOR
  • The transition to mass higher education: The contribution of the technical and vocational sector
  • REFERENCES
  • NORTH AMERICA
  • 15. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SYSTEM OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN AMERICAN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
  • PRIVATIZATION
  • REGULATION
  • KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMIES AND RESEARCH
  • HIGHER EDUCATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • CONCLUSION
  • 16. MASSIFICATION AND DIFFERENTIATION IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE?
  • THE PRESSURES OF MASSIFICATION
  • DIFFERENTIATION: SCOPE AND CHALLENGES
  • EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY: THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND PRIVATIZATION
  • DIFFERENTIATION WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY SECTOR
  • BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITY
  • THE CHALLENGES OF DESIGN
  • STRATEGY VERSUS ANARCHY
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
  • GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON HIGHER EDUCATION.

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