{"product_id":"global-perspectives-on-higher-education-9781421419268","title":"Global Perspectives on Higher Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the past half-century, globalization has had a profound impact on postsecondary education. The twin forces of mass higher education and the global knowledge economy have driven an unprecedented transformation. These fundamental changes have pulled in opposite directions: one pushes for wider access and accompanying challenges of quality, the other toward exclusive, \"world class\" research-oriented universities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGlobal Perspectives on Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned higher education scholar Philip G. Altbach offers a wide-ranging perspective on the implications of these key forces and explores how they influence academe everywhere. Altbach begins with a discussion of the global trends that increasingly affect higher education, including the implications of mass enrollments, the logic of mass higher education systems around the world, and specific challenges facing Brazil, Russia, India, and China. He considers the numerous implications of globalization, including the worldwide use of the English language, university cross-border initiatives, the role of research universities in developing countries, the impact of the West on Asian universities, and the expansion of private higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvocative and wide-ranging, \u003ci\u003eGlobal Perspectives on Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e considers how the international exchange of ideas, students, and scholars has fundamentally altered higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip G. Altbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421419268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip G. Altbach\u003c\/b\u003e is a research professor and the founding director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College. He is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of American Higher Education.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44459584487539,"sku":"9781421419268","price":55.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d2d6fad7-bb13-407e-880d-015505e32d43.jpg?v=1773840306","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/global-perspectives-on-higher-education-9781421419268","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}