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The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession: The BRICs and the United States
P. Altbach (Ed.)
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Description for The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession: The BRICs and the United States
Paperback. Now in paperback, this is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will affect the academic profession in each context. Editor(s): Altbach, Philip G.; Androushchak, Gregory; Kuzminov, Yaroslav; Yudkevich, Maria; Reisberg, Liz. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FKA; 1FPC; 1KBB; 1KLSB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 263.
This is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will affect the academic profession in each context.
This is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will affect the academic profession in each context.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137493613
SKU
V9781137493613
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Ref
99-15
About P. Altbach (Ed.)
Martin J. Finkelstein, Seton Hall University, USA Kevin W. Iglesias, Seton Hall University, USA N. Jayaram, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, India Ma Wanhua, Center for International Higher Education at Peking University, China Simon Schwartzman, Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade, Brazil Wen Jianbo, Central University of Finance and Economics, China
Reviews for The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession: The BRICs and the United States
"policymakers and ... those interested in global issues in higher education, including scholars in international and comparative higher education, will find a wealth of interesting facts and comparisons in this volume." - Higher Education