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Title:
Higher education in a global society
Series:
TIAA-CREF Institute series on higher education
Publication Information:
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2010
Physical Description:
xix, 224 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781848447523

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30000010263842 LC191.9 H54 2010 Open Access Book Book
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Summary

Summary

Higher education functions in a global environment of consumers, employees, competitors, and partners. It has been a force for globalization and a model for adaptation, but nonetheless faces challenges. This volume of essays examines emerging issues and opportunities for advancing education across borders.

The demands upon and need for higher education have never been greater at both the individual and societal levels, and the avenues for pursuing the mission of higher education have greatly expanded due to globalization. This volume examines how strategically minded institutions can better fulfill their mission in a global environment while promoting international collaboration and strengthening the world economy. Chapter authors include prominent senior administrators from higher education and leading researchers on higher education and globalization. They provide new and actionable information to enhance decision making and inform strategic planning as well as a contemporary examination of the business of higher education and areas of potential new research.

This book is an excellent resource for academic administrators, as well as for researchers and students in business, management, economics, education, and public sector economics.


Author Notes

Edited by D. Bruce Johnstone, Distinguished Service Professor of Higher and Comparative Education Emeritus and Director, International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project, University at Buffalo, SUNY, US, Madeleine B. d'Ambrosio, Vice President, TIAA-CREF Institute, US and Paul J. Yakoboski, Principal Research Fellow, TIAA-CREF Institute, US