The Great Brain Race : : How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World / / Ben Wildavsky.
In The Great Brain Race, former U.S. News & World Report education editor Ben Wildavsky presents the first popular account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education--and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared. Every year, n...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | With a New preface by the author |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The William G. Bowen Series ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: What Is Global Higher Education-and Why Does It Matter?
- Chapter One. The Worldwide Race for Talent
- Chapter Two. Branching Out
- Chapter Three. Wanted: World-Class Universities
- Chapter Four. College Rankings Go Global
- Chapter Five. For-Profits on the Move
- Chapter Six. Free Trade in Minds
- Afterword
- Notes
- Index