Trends in Global Higher Education : : a Tracking an Academic Revolution /

Trends in Global Higher Education : : a Tracking an Academic Revolution / / Philip G. Altbach; Liz Reisberg; Laura E. Rumbley.

Today’s academic revolution is unprecedented. Mass higher education has become a worldwide phenomenon, with enrollments growing from 100 million to 150 million in just a decade. The implications of massification are immense—greatly increased participation for a more diverse population including wome...

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Superior document:Global Perspectives on Higher Education ; 22
VerfasserIn:
Altbach, Philip G.,
Reisberg, Liz,
Rumbley, Laura E.,
TeilnehmendeR:
Reisberg, Liz,
Rumbley, Laura E.,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Sense,, 2010.
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Global Perspectives on Higher Education ; 22.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 253 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Philip G. Altbach
  • Introduction: Twenty-First-Century Global Directions
  • Globalization and Internationalization
  • Access and Equity
  • Quality Assurance, Accountability, and Qualification Frameworks
  • Financing Higher Education
  • Private Higher Education and Privatization
  • The Centrality and Crisis of the Academic Profession
  • The Student Experience
  • Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
  • Information and Communications Technology and Distance Education
  • Research
  • University-Industry Linkages
  • Future Trends
  • References
  • About the Authors
  • About the Contributors
  • Appendix
  • Index
  • Global Perspectives on Higher Education.

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