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A Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Systems

Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas

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Authors:
  1. Michael Kariwo

    1. University of Alberta, Canada

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  2. Tatiana Gounko

    1. University of Alberta, Canada

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  3. Musembi Nungu

    1. University of Alberta, Canada

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Philosophies in Higher Education

    • Michael Kariwo, Tatiana Gounko, Musembi Nungu
    Pages 1-7

  3. Massification of Chinese Higher Education

    • Hongxia Shan, Shibao Guo
    Pages 9-23

  4. The Impact of Zimbabwean Higher Education Policies on Access

    • Michael Kariwo
    Pages 25-42

  5. Becoming a University

    • Cynthia Field, Tatiana Gounko
    Pages 43-57

  6. Adding Value to Knowledge or Eroding the Quality of Education? a Critical Examination of the Module II Degree Programmes in Kenyan Public Universities

    • Njeri Kiaritha, Maina Waiganjo, Musembi Nungu
    Pages 59-71

  7. Policies of Accountability, Decentralization, Efficiency, Quality and Relevance

    • Elizabeth Ocampo Gómez, José Luis Suárez Domínguez
    Pages 73-88

  8. The Challenges Facing Higher Education in India

    • Elizabeth Vergis
    Pages 89-109

  9. The Role of the State in Neoliberal Reforms of Korean Higher Education

    • Moon Sook Jeong
    Pages 111-122

  10. Reviving Russian Science and Academia

    • Tatiana Gounko
    Pages 123-140

  11. Knowledge Democracy, Higher Education and Engagement

    • Budd Hall
    Pages 141-152

  12. University, College Partnerships and Collaborations in Canada

    • Michael Kariwo, Christopher Zindi
    Pages 153-168

  13. Competing for Advantage

    • Shelane Jorgenson
    Pages 169-180

  14. Critical Perspectives on the Development of Modern Higher Education in Ethiopia

    • Yesuf H. Abdela, Thashika Pillay
    Pages 181-196

  15. Who Should Get in

    • Dan Cui
    Pages 197-214

  16. A Synthesis of the Issues, Challenges, and Dilemmas

    • Michael Kariwo, Tatiana Gounko, Musembi Nungu
    Pages 215-218

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 219-226
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About this book

This is a well crafted, timely book that comes at a time when so much is happening in higher education contexts across the world. Clearly, it is in response to these global (and selectively local) trends that Kariwo, Gounko and Nungu bring together an impressive lineup of both established and emerging scholars who achieve a comprehensive and critically constructed perspective on tertiary education systems. Collectively, the chapters in this work shall expand the epistemic boundaries of the area and its affiliated disciplines, and the book as a whole will greatly benefit interested scholars, students, education policy makers and the public at large. - Ali A. Abdi, Professor, University of Alberta This book is a valuable contribution to knowledge on higher education and provides an international perspective on issues, challenges and dilemmas resulting from the rapid expansion of higher education. The volume is an excellent text that integrates theoretical and analytical studies as well as empirical regional studies. The book gives some insights on how different countries and regions have been responding to massification and accessing of higher education. It will appeal to researchers, graduate students and faculty in Higher or Post-Secondary Education as well as International and Comparative Education. - Edward Shizha, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford Campus)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Alberta, Canada

    Michael Kariwo, Tatiana Gounko, Musembi Nungu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Systems

  • Book Subtitle: Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas

  • Authors: Michael Kariwo, Tatiana Gounko, Musembi Nungu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-533-5

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

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

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-533-5Published: 11 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 226

  • Topics: Education, general

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