A Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Systems: Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Philosophies in Higher Education....Pages 1-7
Massification of Chinese Higher Education....Pages 9-23
The Impact of Zimbabwean Higher Education Policies on Access....Pages 25-42
Becoming a University....Pages 43-57
Adding Value to Knowledge or Eroding the Quality of Education? a Critical Examination of the Module II Degree Programmes in Kenyan Public Universities....Pages 59-71
Policies of Accountability, Decentralization, Efficiency, Quality and Relevance....Pages 73-88
The Challenges Facing Higher Education in India....Pages 89-109
The Role of the State in Neoliberal Reforms of Korean Higher Education....Pages 111-122
Reviving Russian Science and Academia....Pages 123-140
Knowledge Democracy, Higher Education and Engagement....Pages 141-152
University, College Partnerships and Collaborations in Canada....Pages 153-168
Competing for Advantage....Pages 169-180
Critical Perspectives on the Development of Modern Higher Education in Ethiopia....Pages 181-196
Who Should Get in....Pages 197-214
A Synthesis of the Issues, Challenges, and Dilemmas....Pages 215-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-226