The Worldwide Transformation of Higher Education (International Perspectives on Education and Society, vol. 9)

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List of contributors......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
Changes in access to higher education: From worldwide constraints to common patterns of reform?......Page 10
A Contextual Source of Pressure: Demography......Page 12
Economic Pressure: Improving Efficiency......Page 14
Political Pressure: Accounting for Equity?......Page 18
Increasing Admissions Through Internal Differentiation......Page 20
Widening Access Through the Reorganization of Student Influx......Page 22
At the Core of the Debate: Elitist Institutions......Page 23
Admission Processes: Reassessing ‘‘Who’’ Enters Higher Education......Page 26
Rethinking Funding......Page 28
Notes......Page 32
References......Page 33
Introduction......Page 36
Data envelope analysis (DEA)......Page 39
Conventional university rankings......Page 42
A first DEA analysis......Page 45
DEA using inputs and outputs......Page 49
Critiques of DEA......Page 56
A possible future for supranational rankings......Page 59
References......Page 61
Appendix. DEA analysis using staff/student ratio as an input variable - data for the top 200 universities in the Times Higher Education Supplement table......Page 63
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Corruption in higher education......Page 71
Structure and dynamics of corruption in higher education......Page 74
Educational Institutions......Page 75
Local Governments......Page 76
Other Agencies......Page 77
International Country Risk Guide (ICRG)......Page 78
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)......Page 79
Estimating the relationship between corruption and national economic development: Econometric models......Page 81
Fighting corruption in higher education......Page 85
Conclusions......Page 90
Recommendations......Page 91
References......Page 93
The emergence of the academic arm of the women’s movement......Page 97
Women’s studies in comparative perspective......Page 99
Defining and contextualizing women’s studies......Page 102
Theoretical perspective......Page 103
Methods and Models of Estimation......Page 106
Variables......Page 107
Results......Page 108
Discussion......Page 111
Conclusion......Page 113
Notes......Page 115
References......Page 116
The research university in context: the examples of Brazil and Germany......Page 119
Embedded education - the case of the research university......Page 122
A Brief History of Higher Education in Brazil: The Relations between Research and Teaching......Page 127
A Brief History of Higher Education in (West) Germany: The Relations between Research and Teaching......Page 133
Summary......Page 140
Characteristics and Current Legal Framework of the Brazilian Higher Education System......Page 141
Current Relevant Data on Brazil......Page 142
Changes in Brazilian Higher Education since the 1990s......Page 143
Characteristics and Legal Framework of the German Higher Education System......Page 150
Current Relevant Data on Germany......Page 151
Changes in German Higher Education since the 1990s......Page 152
Conclusion......Page 157
Notes......Page 160
References......Page 161
Historical legacies of soviet higher education and the transformation of higher education systems in post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia......Page 167
The ambiguous historical legacies of Soviet higher education......Page 170
New freedoms, systemic dysfunctions and policy choices since 1991......Page 174
The reassertion of state power and new policy frameworks since 2001......Page 178
References......Page 181
The World Bank and higher education in the developing world: the cases of Uganda and Thailand......Page 185
The global transformation of higher education......Page 188
History and Background of the World Bank......Page 192
Evolution of the Bank’s Educational Policy......Page 195
Criticism of the Bank......Page 198
Establishing the Context......Page 203
World Bank Loans and Projects......Page 208
Analysis......Page 209
Establishing the Context......Page 212
World Bank Loans and Projects......Page 215
Analysis......Page 216
Discussion......Page 218
Conclusion......Page 222
References......Page 224
Rapid expansion of higher education in South Korea: political economy of education fever......Page 230
Overview of the current higher education system in Korea......Page 233
Rapid Expansion......Page 239
Low per Student Input......Page 244
Heavy Reliance on Private Funding......Page 246
Hierarchical Structure of Institutional Pecking Order......Page 249
Heavy Government Regulation......Page 250
Historical development of the Korean education system before the massification of higher education in 19805......Page 251
Political economy of massification and its consequences......Page 258
Conclusions: theories of higher education expansion and the Korean experience......Page 266
Notes......Page 272
References......Page 273
China’s move to mass higher education: An analysis of policy making from a rational framework......Page 276
The incredible pace of expansion......Page 277
A brief overview of the rational framework......Page 280
The Rational Framework......Page 281
Rationale for the Selection of the Rational Framework......Page 283
Mapping the policymaking of the expansion through the rational framework......Page 284
Unitary Behaviors throughout the Policymaking Process......Page 285
Varied Theories of Action Underpinning the Expansion Incentive......Page 286
Sociohistorical Problems Driven behind the Policy Action......Page 289
Policy Window Opened for the Radical Expansion Policy as the Best Choice......Page 292
Discussions......Page 296
References......Page 299
The impact of neo-liberalism on Taiwanese higher education......Page 303
Neo-liberalism and higher education......Page 304
What initiated changes in Taiwanese higher educationquest......Page 305
What changes have occurred in Taiwanese system of higher educationquest......Page 307
How does Taiwan pursue world-class universitiesquest......Page 311
What are the resulting challenges in higher educationquest......Page 312
What will happen next to Taiwanese higher educationquest......Page 314
References......Page 316
America in the world: Higher education and the global marketplace......Page 319
Historical perspective......Page 322
The conditions for American academic influence......Page 323
The US motivation in international education......Page 325
The impact of foreign study......Page 327
The present and the future......Page 328
The new transnationalism......Page 334
Conclusion......Page 337
References......Page 339
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