Implausible Dream : The World-Class University and Repurposing Higher Education /

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"Why the paradigm of the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions of higher education Universities have become major actors on the global stage. Yet, as they strive to be "world-class," institutions of higher education are shifting away from their core miss...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mittelman, James H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges.
Educational change.
Education, Higher.
School improvement programs.
EDUCATION > Aims & Objectives.
EDUCATION > Higher.
higher education.
universities (institutions)
colleges (institutions)
Enseignement > Reforme.
Enseignement superieur.
Universites.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations and Tables
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • A Note on Terminology
  • INTRODUCTION Questions and Arguments
  • PART I GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GOVERNANCE
  • CHAPTER 1 A Crisis of Purpose
  • CHAPTER 2 Contending Purposes of Modern Universities CHAPTER 3 Drivers of Reform
  • PART II CASE STUDIES
  • CHAPTER 4 The Neoliberal Model: The United States CHAPTER 5 A Social Democratic Path: Finland
  • CHAPTER 6 Postcolonial Experience: Uganda
  • PART III OUTCOMESCHAPTER 7 Polymorphism
  • CHAPTER 8 Plausible Alternatives

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