Higher education has become more globalized over the last three decades. The number of international students has increased fourfold in a generation and international research collaborations have doubled over the last decade. This book draws on the expertise of academic researchers, policy makers and educational practitioners to address the changing patterns of competition and provision, in international higher education. Topics addressed range from policy, provision, teaching, research, business engagement and regional perspectives of higher education.
The contents are as follows: Introduction
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Higher education has become more globalized over the last three decades. The number of international students has increased fourfold in a generation and international research collaborations have doubled over the last decade. This book draws on the expertise of academic researchers, policy makers and educational practitioners to address the changing patterns of competition and provision, in international higher education. Topics addressed range from policy, provision, teaching, research, business engagement and regional perspectives of higher education.
The contents are as follows: Introduction and overview / Christine T. Ennew and David Greenaway. Part one, ‘Context and competition’: National reforms and international ambitions / Sir Alan Langlands; Global tunes and national melodies: being global and sounding local / David Eastwood; Dynamics of East Asian higher education / Simon Marginson. Part two, ‘Changing patterns of provision’: Internationalization of higher education: a few global trends and regional perspectives / Eva Egron-Polak; Around the world in 80 ways: routes to internationalization in higher education / Christine T. Ennew; Global challenges: their impact on research and training / John Wood; Internationalization and idea of a university: the meaning of liberal education in the era of globalization / Philip Nolan; The importance and mutual benefit of vibrant relationships between industry and academia / Neil Morris. Part three, ‘Regional perspectives’: The higher educational transformation of China and its global implications / Yao Amber Li, John Whalley, Shunming Zhang and Xiliang Zhao; An ever-closer union?: the role of ‘Brussels’ in shaping European higher education / Bernd Wachter; Indian higher education / Devesh Kapur; The origins, challenges and future direction of transnational education in Malaysia / Christopher Hill.
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