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Understanding Global Higher Education

Insights from Key Global Publications

Editors:

  1. Georgiana Mihut

    1. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

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  2. Philip G. Altbach

    1. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

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  3. Hans de Wit

    1. Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

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  • This book uniquely organizes selected articles published in University World News (UWN) and International Higher Education (IHE) to reflect themes relevant for global higher education, thus offering an accessible and analytic perspective on the pressing concerns of contemporary higher education.
  • The articles included in the book offer a rich and relevant picture of the dynamic state of higher education in different geographical units, thus attracting a diverse readership.
  • The book includes contributions from scholars, journalists, and practitioners around the world, thus offering a varied and comprehensive picture of trends and issues in global higher education over the last five years.

Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Higher Education (GPHE)

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Table of contents (56 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Access and Equity in Higher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    3. Global: Affirmative Action Initiatives Around the World

      • Laura Dudley Jenkins, Michele S. Moses
      Pages 9-11

  3. Diversification, Rankings, and Stratification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-31
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    3. Canada: Canada’s Egalitarian Debate

      • Daniel Zaretsky
      Pages 37-39

    5. Africa: Harmonization and Tuning: Integrating Africa

      • Karola Hahn, Damtew Teferra
      Pages 45-48

    6. Chile: a New Approach for Classifying Chilean Universities

      • Claudia Reyes, Pedro Rosso
      Pages 49-51

  4. Financing Higher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-59
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    2. Africa: South Africa and the Illusion of free Higher Education

      • Patrício Langa, Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, Jens Jungblut, Nico Cloete
      Pages 61-66

    3. Europe: Different Approaches to Fees for International Students

      • Agnete Vabø, Jannecke Wiers-Jenssen
      Pages 67-69

    5. Chile: Chilean Universities: Not So Tuition-Free After all

      • Ariane de Gayardon, Andrés Bernasconi
      Pages 77-79
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About this book

This volume brings together selected articles published in University World News (UWN) and International Higher Education (IHE) between 2011 and 2016. Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners alike further the development of higher education as a field of study through public and ongoing conversations. It is news, analysis, and commentary publications like UWN and IHE that facilitate this dialogue and keep pace with the most up-to-date developments in the field. Together, the articles included in this volume—alongside the section introductions—offer a rich and relevant picture of the dynamic state of higher education globally. While both publications are freely available online, this book provides a thematically coherent selection of articles, offering an accessible and analytic perspective on the pressing concerns of contemporary higher education.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

    Georgiana Mihut, Philip G. Altbach, Hans de Wit

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Global Higher Education

  • Book Subtitle: Insights from Key Global Publications

  • Editors: Georgiana Mihut, Philip G. Altbach, Hans de Wit

  • Series Title: Global Perspectives on Higher Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-044-8

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6351-044-8Published: 24 August 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CCLXXXVIII, 18

  • Topics: Education, general

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