Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Current Research Trends in Globalisation and Neo-liberalism in Higher Education

   • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust

   Pages 1-19

3. Higher Education Reforms in the USA

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Higher Education and the Discourse on Global Competition: Vernacular Approaches Within Higher Education Policy Documents

      • Sylvia S. Bagley, Laura M. Portnoi

      Pages 23-37

   3. Globalisation and New Developments in Global University Rankings

      • Val Rust, Stephanie Kim

      Pages 39-47

   4. Higher Education Engagement and Economic Participation: Divide and Conquer

      • Kassie Freeman

      Pages 49-57

   5. University Social and Public Engagement: Creative Nexuses for STEM Research and International Relations

      • Beverly Lindsay, Eric Jason Simeon

      Pages 59-75

   6. Investing in MOOCs: “Frenemy” Risk and Information Quality

      • Maureen W. McClure

      Pages 77-94

4. Higher Education Reforms: An International Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. Expansion and Curtailing in Finnish Higher Education Between 1950–2015: The Impact of Economy, Politics and Regional Policy on the Higher Education Network

      • Toni Saarivirta, Riitta Jaatinen

      Pages 97-114

   3. Paradigm Shift in Higher Education: Learning, Internationalisation and Development

      • Yin Cheong Cheng

      Pages 115-132

   4. Higher Education Reforms and Center-Periphery Dilemmas: Ukrainian Universities Between Neo-Soviet and Neo-Liberal Contestations

      • Anatoly Oleksiyenko

      Pages 133-148

   5. Reforms in Higher Education in the Russian Federation: Implications for Equity and Social Justice

      • Joseph Zajda

      Pages 149-159

   6. Contemporary Challenges of Higher Education in Israel

      • Nitza Davidovitch

      Pages 161-177

   7. Research in Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms

      • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust

      Pages 179-187

5. Back Matter

   Pages 189-201

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This volume explores the interrelationship between ideology, the state and higher education reforms, setting it in a global context. It examines some of the major higher education reforms and policy issues in a global culture, particularly in the light of recent shifts in quality and standards-driven education and policy research. In doing so, the book provides a comprehensive picture of the intersecting and diverse discourses of globalisation and policy-driven reforms in higher education. Representing scholarly research on major discourses in the field of higher education reforms, the book draws upon recent studies in the areas of globalisation, equality, and the role of the state in higher education reforms. It critiques the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current higher education and policy reforms, and illustrates the way that shifts in the relationship between the state and higher education policy affect current trends in higher education reforms. Individual chapters critically assess the dominant discourses and debates on higher education and policy reforms. Using diverse comparative education paradigms from critical theory to historical-comparative research, the chapters focus on globalisation, ideology and higher education reforms and examine both the reasons and outcomes of higher education reforms and policy change. 


“Anyone who has been involved in higher education over the past few decades cannot fail to be affected by the impact of globalisation and neo-liberal policies on universities and society at large. In 'Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms', the 15th volume of the series 'Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research', Joseph Zajda and Val Rust present chapters on education reform in the USA and in international contexts that highlight the inroads that neo-liberalism has made into policy making at higher education institutions. The chapters also illustrate the way universities have beenreinventing themselves to meet the demands of a knowledge society in which corporate values of efficiency, performance and managerialism drive the agenda. What are the effects of internationalisation on higher education in the universities of today? With chapters from internationally respected scholars from around the globe, this book seeks to address the many issues of the new reality in higher education. This is a welcome, accessible volume for all those concerned with research, policy-making and curriculum development.”
Professor Suzanne Majhanovich, Western University

• neo-liberal education reforms
• academic success in higher education
• commodification of higher education
• comparative education
• higher education policy
• university ranking
• higher education curriculum
• marketisation of higher education
• neo-liberal structuring of universities
• human capital theory
• research-based teaching
• deprofessionalisation of academics in higher education

“The book is very successful in exploring in-depth the reform dimension of higher education. The book brings together a good mix of academic experience, global knowledge and contemporary research. Given its wide-ranging and rich content, the volume should therefore prove to be an invaluable and authoritative resource for policy-makers, researchers, educators, academe at large, as well as a wider readership with interest in global and international higher education developments including the recent reforms.” (Lilia K. Raitskaya, RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics, Vol. 15 (02), 2018)

• Fac. of Edu. & Arts, School of Edu., Australian Catholic Univ., Melbourne, Australia

  Joseph Zajda

• Education, Univ. of CA, LA Moore Hall, Hilgard Aven, LOS ANGELES, USA

  Val Rust

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