In today’s open and integrated world, competition has become central to the higher education subsector. Key facets of the global competition phenomenon include the development of global university ranking systems, academic capitalism, and mergers of “strong” and “weak” institutions. This volume provides a critical assessment of the phenomenon and the complex ways in which global competition is envisioned and enacted in various countries and their higher education institutions. Senior and emerging scholars in the field address the tensions and challenges inherent in the global competition phenomenon by delving into issues such as university rankings, quality assurance, cross-border higher education provision, and privatization.
Author(s): Val D. Rust, Laura Portnoi, Sylvia S. Bagley
Series: International and Development Education
Edition: 1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 285
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables and Figures......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 14
Series Editors’ Introduction......Page 18
1 Mapping the Terrain: The Global Competition Phenomenon in Higher Education......Page 20
2 Higher Education Responds to Global Economic Dynamics......Page 34
3 Global Comparisons and the University Knowledge Economy......Page 48
4 Accounting for Excellence: Transforming Universities into Organizational Actors......Page 62
5 Quality Assurance and Global Competitiveness in Higher Education......Page 78
6 Quality-Oriented Management of Higher Education in Argentina......Page 92
7 The Tension Between Profit and Quality: Private Higher Education in Oman......Page 106
8 Surviving Austerity: Kenya’s Public Universities and the Competition for Financial Resources......Page 120
9 Global Competition, Local Implications: Higher Education Development in the United Arab Emirates......Page 134
10 Global Competition as a Two-Edged Sword: Vietnam Higher Education Policy......Page 146
11 Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Global Knowledge System......Page 162
12 China’s Drive for World-Class Universities......Page 180
13 Global Competition and Higher Education in Tanzania......Page 196
14 Soft Power Strategies: Competition and Cooperation in a Globalized System of Higher Education......Page 210
15 Internationalization and the Competitiveness Agenda......Page 224
16 Global Competition in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Policies, Rationales, and Practices in Australia and Europe......Page 238
17 Student Mobility and Emerging Hubs in Global Higher Education......Page 254
Notes on Contributors......Page 268
A......Page 276
C......Page 277
F......Page 278
I......Page 279
K......Page 280
N......Page 281
R......Page 282
S......Page 283
U......Page 284
Z......Page 285
