Details

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Access and Equity in Higher Education; Introduction; Global: What Is Wrong with Global Inequality in Higher Education?; Global: Affirmative Action Initiatives around the World; Global: Does Higher Education Expansion Equalize Income Distribution?; United States: Beyond Bars—Boosting Higher Education for Prisoners; Europe: Roma Face Deteriorating Prospects; China: Massification Has Increased Inequalities; Part 2: Diversification, Rankings, and Stratification; Introduction; Global: A Good National System of Higher Education: The Lessons of the U21 Rankings; Canada: Canada’s Egalitarian Debate; Africa: Get Rankings Right for Africa, University Leaders Urge; Africa: Harmonization and Tuning: Integrating Africa; Chile: A New Approach for Classifying Chilean Universities; United States: How to Revive the California Model; Part 3: Financing Higher Education; Introduction; Africa: South Africa and the Illusion of Free Higher Education; Europe: Different Approaches to Fees for International Students; Australia: Why I Support the Deregulation of Higher Education; Chile: Chilean Universities: Not So Tuition-Free after All; Croatia: Croatia’s New Linear Tuition System: Students’ Friend or Foe?; Part 4: Higher Education, the State, and the Market; Introduction; Global: What Makes a Good Higher Education Minister?; Global: The Economic and Noneconomic Benefits of Tertiary Education in Low-Income Contexts; Africa: Continent Needs Its Own Science Indicators; Europe: HE Chief Hopes Bundling Programmes Will Pull in More Learners; North America: From ‘Soft Power’ to ‘Economic Diplomacy’; Part 5: Higher Education in a World of Threats; Introduction; Global: Higher Education Conflict and Postconflict Conditions: Colombia and Kenya; Europe: The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Higher Education; Europe: A European Qualifications Passport for Refugees; Global: Research Drives Understanding and Disruption of Work of ISIS; Pakistan: ThePhilosophical Battle for Campus Security; Nigeria: Boko Haram Fear Grips Campuses, Displaces Students; Japan: Where Is Japan Headed after the Earthquake?; United States: Guns Should Be Banned from Campus; Part 6: Information and Communications Technology and Distance Education; Introduction; Global: Yes, MOOC Is the Global Higher Education Game Changer; Global: Relax – Higher Education Won’t Be Killed by MOOCs; Global: MOOCs as Neocolonialism: Who Controls Knowledge?; Global: More Work Needed in Blending Online and Onsite Learning; Developing Countries: MOOCs in the Developing World: Hope Or Hype?; Global: Move Over MOOCs – Collaborative MOOC 2.0 Is Coming; Africa: Closing the Digital Gap in African Higher Education; Africa: Building on Digital Libraries’ Growing Momentum; Part 7: Reflections on Higher Education and Its Mission; Introduction; Europe: The European Medieval Universities, from the Past and Today; Global: The Misuses of the University; Africa: Developing Civic-Minded University Graduates; Africa: The Case for Developmental Universities; Australia: Critical Scholarship in a Hostile Climate: Academics and the Public; Part 8: The Centrality and Crisis of the Academic Profession and the Student Experience; Introduction; Global: Where Academics Are Hounded as ‘Enemies’ of the State; Global: University Autonomy and Academic Freedom: A Historical Perspective; Arab World: Academic Freedom Key to Being World Class; Latin America: Crisis and Homesickness: A New Opportunity for Brain Gain in Latin America?; Global: Student Activism Remains a Potent Force Worldwide; Global: How to Develop a Sense of Belonging; South Korea: Student Stress Fuels Suicides as Standards Rise; Part 9: Unethical Behavior in Higher Education; Introduction; Global: The Corruption of Ethics in Higher Education; Global: Combating Unethical Behavior in Higher Education; Global: Addicted to Success; Africa: What Can Be Done to Tackle Corruption?; East Asia: Corruption UnderminesRise of East Asian Universities; Russia: The Unified State Exam in Russia: Problems and Perspectives; About the Contributors.

This book uniquely organizes selected articles published in University World News (UWN) and International Higher Education (IHE) to reflect themes relevant for global higher education, thus offering an accessible and analytic perspective on the pressing concerns of contemporary higher education. The articles included in the book offer a rich and relevant picture of the dynamic state of higher education in different geographical units, thus attracting a diverse readership. The book includes contributions from scholars, journalists, and practitioners around the world, thus offering a varied and comprehensive picture of trends and issues in global higher education over the last five years.