The International Imperative in Higher Education

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
The Imperial Tongue....Pages 1-6
Globalization and Forces for Change in Higher Education....Pages 7-10
The Complexities of Global Engagement....Pages 11-14
Corruption....Pages 15-19
Access Means Inequality....Pages 21-24
What International Advice Do Universities Need?....Pages 25-28
The Perils of Commercialism....Pages 29-32
Reforming Higher Education in the Middle East—and Elsewhere....Pages 33-36
The “Subprime” Market and International Higher Education....Pages 37-40
Brain Drain or Brain Exchange?....Pages 41-45
The Complexities of 21st-Century Brain Exchange....Pages 47-50
Another Week, Another Scandal....Pages 51-55
Getting Graduates to Come Home—Not So Easy....Pages 57-59
Academic Salaries and Contracts....Pages 61-64
The Intricacies of Academic Remuneration....Pages 65-68
Academic Career Structures....Pages 69-72
Academic Salaries, Academic Corruption, and the Academic Career....Pages 73-76
The Overuse of Rankings....Pages 77-79
Rankings Season Is Here....Pages 81-88
Hong Kong’s Academic Advantage....Pages 89-93
The Challenges of Building a World-Class University....Pages 95-99
Is There a Future for Branch Campuses?....Pages 101-106
Twinning and Branch Campuses....Pages 107-109
Franchising—The McDonaldization of Higher Education....Pages 111-113
The Costs and Benefits of “Open Access”....Pages 115-118
Anarchy, Commercialism, and “Publish or Perish”....Pages 119-122
The Ambiguities of Working with Third-Party Recruiters....Pages 123-127
Agents and Third-Party Recruiters in International Higher Education....Pages 129-133
Academic Freedom....Pages 135-138
“Meddling” or “Steering”....Pages 139-141
The Asian Higher Education Century?....Pages 143-147
The Humanities and Social Sciences in Asia....Pages 149-152
Chinese Challenges....Pages 153-156
Chinese Higher Education in an Open-Door Era....Pages 157-161
India’s Higher Education Challenges....Pages 163-166
Getting Value for Money in Higher Education....Pages 167-170
India’s Effort to Join 21st-Century Higher Education....Pages 171-174
The Achilles Heel of India’s High-Tech Future....Pages 175-178
Kerala....Pages 179-185
India’s Open Door to Foreign Universities....Pages 187-191
Back Matter....Pages 193-198