The Global University [electronic resource] : Past, Present, and Future Perspectives /
Nelson, A.editor.
Wei, I.editor.
Engages a topic of pressing concern for government, business, and education leaders around the world: the race to establish 'world-class' universities. Some herald the globalization of higher education as the key to a dynamic and productive 'knowledge society.' Others worry that modern universities have come to resemble multinational corporations.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables                                 ""; ""Foreword               ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""Part I Regionalism(s) and Global Higher-Education Reform                                                               ""
""1 Global Aspirations and Strategizing for World-Class Status: New Modes of Higher-Education Governance and the Emergence of Regulatory Regionalism in East Asia                                                                                                                                                                      """"2 Contributing to the Southeast Asian Knowledge Economy? Australian Offshore Campuses in Malaysia and Vietnam                                                                                                                    ""
""Part II The Changing Dimensions of University Governance                                                               """"3 Collegiality and Hierarchy: Coordinating Principles in Higher Education                                                                                ""; ""4 The Twenty-First-Century University: Dilemmas of Leadership and Organizational Futures                                                                                               ""; ""Part III Academic Roles and the Purposes of Universities                                                               ""
""5 Medieval Universities and Aspirations to Universal Significance                                                                        """"6 The Changing Role of the Academic: Historical and Comparative Perspectives                                                                                   ""; ""Part IV Shifting Patterns of Graduate and Undergraduate Education                                                                        ""
""7 Toward General Education in the Global University: The Chinese Model                                                                             """"8 Doctoral Education and the Global University: Student Mobility, Hierarchy, and Canadian Government Policy                                                                                                                  ""; ""Part V Universities and External Funding                                               ""
""9 What Can Modern Universities Learn from the Past? English Universities Working with Industry, 1870â€?1914                                                                                                                ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Engages a topic of pressing concern for government, business, and education leaders around the world: the race to establish 'world-class' universities. Some herald the globalization of higher education as the key to a dynamic and productive 'knowledge society.' Others worry that modern universities have come to resemble multinational corporations.
Education—History.
Higher education.
History of Education.
Higher Education.