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The Forefront of International Higher Education

A Festschrift in Honor of Philip G. Altbach

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Editors:
  1. Alma Maldonado-Maldonado

    1. Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas, CINVESTAV, Colonia Granjas Coapa, Mexico

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  2. Roberta Malee Bassett

    1. The World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Washington, DC, USA

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  • Honors Philip G. Altbach as a founding father of the field of international and comparative higher education
  • Makes a fresh examination of the current state of the field of comparative higher education, with experts from different schools of thought and academic traditions
  • Contrasts some of the most important tendencies in this field

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics (HEDY, volume 42)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Complexity of Higher Education: A Career in Academics and Activism

    • Philip G. Altbach
    Pages 1-31

  3. Academic Profession

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Academe: A Profession Like No Other

      • James J. F. Forest
      Pages 35-47

    3. How Does National Context Shape Academic Work and Careers? The Prospects for Some Empirical Answers

      • Martin Finkelstein
      Pages 49-60

    4. Academic Drift in Brazilian Education

      • Simon Schwartzman
      Pages 61-72

  4. Internationalization of Higher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Is Internationalisation of Higher Education Having an Identity Crisis?

      • Jane Knight
      Pages 75-87

    3. The Different Faces and Phases of Internationalisation of Higher Education

      • Hans de Wit
      Pages 89-99

    4. Internationalization Revisited

      • Patti McGill Peterson, Robin Matross Helms
      Pages 101-111

  5. Academic Mobility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Redefining Academic Mobility: From the Pursuit of Scholarship to the Pursuit of Revenue

      • Liz Reisberg, Laura E. Rumbley
      Pages 115-126

    3. Academic Mobility as Social Mobility or the Point of No Return

      • Alma Maldonado-Maldonado
      Pages 127-137

  7. Worldwide Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207
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About this book

This book honors the academic trajectory and global impact of Philip G. Altbach, one of the most important education comparativists worldwide for over forty years. From his early writings on India and student activism to his recent work on research universities, Altbach has served as a key developer of the expansion of the field to include comparative higher education. His capacity to find, support, and gather the best minds around the world, to organize research teams in order to explore the most relevant issues on comparative higher education has earned him international recognition. His service to the field of comparative higher education is invaluable and incomparable. This festschrift contains original pieces from colleagues and former students following a twofold discussion: the most relevant topics on comparative higher education and particular Altbach’s contributions to this field of work.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas, CINVESTAV, Colonia Granjas Coapa, Mexico

    Alma Maldonado-Maldonado

  • The World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Washington, DC, USA

    Roberta Malee Bassett

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Forefront of International Higher Education

  • Book Subtitle: A Festschrift in Honor of Philip G. Altbach

  • Editors: Alma Maldonado-Maldonado, Roberta Malee Bassett

  • Series Title: Higher Education Dynamics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7085-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7084-3Published: 22 October 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7982-1Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7085-0Published: 07 October 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1571-0378

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1923

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 329

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics

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