| The Transformation of Global Higher Education, 1945-2015 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137578572 ISBN-13: 9781137578570 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | History - History | Modern - General - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 378 |
| LCCN: 2016940548 |
| Series: African Histories and Modernities |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.01" W x 8.79" (1.35 lbs) 385 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores some of the major forces and changes in higher education across the world between 1945 and 2015. This includes the explosions of higher education institutions and enrollments, a development captured by the notion of massification. There were also profound shifts in the financing and economic role of higher education reflected in the processes of privatization of universities and curricula realignments to meet the shifting demands of the economy. Moreover, the systems of knowledge production, organization, dissemination, and consumption, as well as the disciplinary architecture of knowledge underwent significant changes. Internationalization emerged as one of the defining features of higher education, which engendered new modes, rationales, and practices of collaboration, competition, comparison, and commercialization. External and internal pressures for accountability and higher education's value proposition intensified, which fuelled struggles over access, affordability, relevance, and outcomes that found expression in the quality assurance movement. |