Comparative higher education : knowledge, the university, and development / by Philip G. Altbach.
Comparative higher education : knowledge, the university, and development / by Philip G. Altbach.
Comparative higher education : knowledge, the university, and development / by Philip G. Altbach.
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Greenwich, Conn. : Ablex Pub. Corp., c1998.
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N378/65
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English
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xxvii, 248 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Comparative Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century -- 1. Patterns in Higher Education Development -- 2. The University as Center and Periphery -- 3. Twisted Roots: The Western Impact on Asian Higher Education -- 4. The American Academic Model in Comparative Perspective -- 5. An Inte...
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Publisher
Greenwich, Conn. : Ablex Pub. Corp., c1998.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1998.
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Comparative Higher Education reflects more than three decades of research in the field, and places key elements in the globalization of higher education in a useful framework. Worldwide examples are used to illustrate analyses of such key topics as international exchange, future trends in university development, the complex relationships among acad...
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Comparative higher education : knowledge, the university, and development / by Philip G. Altbach.
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Contemporary studies in social and policy issues in education.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index.
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c1998.
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N378/65
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74VvWAbdLZZl
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1567503810 (Cloth)
9781567503814 (pbk.)
1567503810 (pbk.)
9781567503807 (cloth)
1567503802 (cloth)
9781567503814 (Cloth)
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378
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991012044459702626
