Transnational education
Subtitle: issues and trends in offshore higher education
By: Grant McBurnie and Christopher Ziguras.
Contributors: Ziguras, Christopher.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780415372671; 9780203968352
Subjects: Transnational education; Education and globalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-176) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : transnational providers and the creation of a global higher education market; title: Crossing boundaries : commerce and culture in the offshore classroom; title: Offshoring 101: the growth of transnational education; title: Risky business: international outsourcing and foreign investment by universities; title: Teaching at the peripheries; title: The cultural politics of transnational education; title: Redrawing boundaries : re-establishing control over transnational education; title: Regulating foreign providers : capacity building and enrichment; title: Divergent strategies for governing transnational higher education : Greek protectionism and Malaysian capacity building; title: Principles guiding quality assurance in transnational higher education; title: Global convergence in quality assurance; title: Trade agreements : abolishing barriers and erecting barricades; title: Conclusion.