Understanding Global Higher Education: Insights from Key Global Publications (Global Perspectives on Higher Education)

This volume brings together selected articles published in University World News (UWN) and International Higher Education (IHE) between 2011 and 2016. Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners alike further the development of higher education as a field of study through public and ongoing conversations. It is news, analysis, and commentary publications like UWN and IHE that facilitate this dialogue and keep pace with the most up-to-date developments in the field. Together, the articles included in this volume--alongside the section introductions--offer a rich and relevant picture of the dynamic state of higher education globally. While both publications are freely available online, this book provides a thematically coherent selection of articles, offering an accessible and analytic perspective on the pressing concerns of contemporary higher education Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-3 Global: What is Wrong with Global Inequality in Higher Education? (Elaine Unterhalter)....Pages 1-7 Global: Affirmative Action Initiatives Around the World (Laura Dudley Jenkins, Michele S. Moses)....Pages 9-11 Global: Does Higher Education Expansion Equalize Income Distribution (Martin Carnoy)....Pages 13-15 United States: Beyond Bars–Boosting Higher Education For Prisoners (Wagdy Sawahel)....Pages 17-20 Europe: Roma Face Deteriorating Prospects (William New)....Pages 21-24 China: Massification Has Increased Inequalities (Qiang Zha)....Pages 25-28 Front Matter ....Pages 29-31 Global: A Good National System of Higher Education: The Lessons of the U21 Rankings (Ross Williams)....Pages 33-35 Canada: Canada’s Egalitarian Debate (Daniel Zaretsky)....Pages 37-39 Africa: Get Rankings Right For Africa, University Leaders Urge (Karen Macgregor)....Pages 41-44 Africa: Harmonization and Tuning: Integrating Africa (Karola Hahn, Damtew Teferra)....Pages 45-48 Chile: a New Approach for Classifying Chilean Universities (Claudia Reyes, Pedro Rosso)....Pages 49-51 United States: How to Revive the California Model (Simon Marginson)....Pages 53-55 Front Matter ....Pages 57-59 Africa: South Africa and the Illusion of free Higher Education (Patrício Langa, Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, Jens Jungblut, Nico Cloete)....Pages 61-66 Europe: Different Approaches to Fees for International Students (Agnete Vabø, Jannecke Wiers-Jenssen)....Pages 67-69 Australia: Why I Support the Deregulation of Higher Education (Glyn Davis)....Pages 71-76 Chile: Chilean Universities: Not So Tuition-Free After all (Ariane de Gayardon, Andrés Bernasconi)....Pages 77-79 Croatia: Croatia’s New Linear Tuition System: Students’ Friend or Foe? (Lucia Brajkovic)....Pages 81-83 Front Matter ....Pages 85-87 Global: What Makes a Good Higher Education Minister? (Julien Jacqmin, Mathieu Lefebvre)....Pages 89-90 Global: The Economic and Noneconomic Benefits of Tertiary Education in Low-Income Contexts (Rebecca Schendel, Tristan Mccowan, Moses Oketch)....Pages 91-93 Africa: Continent Needs its Own Science Indicators (Watu Wamae)....Pages 95-97 Europe: He Chief Hopes Bundling Programmes Will Pull in more Learners (Ard Jongsma)....Pages 99-101 North America: from ‘Soft Power’ to ‘Economic Diplomacy’ (Roopa Desai Trilokekar)....Pages 103-105 Front Matter ....Pages 107-110 Global: Higher Education Conflict and Postconflict Conditions: Colombia and KenyA (Iván F. Pacheco, Ane Turner Johnson)....Pages 111-113 Europe: the Syrian Refugee Crisis and Higher Education (Hans De Wit, Philip G. Altbach)....Pages 115-117 Europe: a European Qualifications Passport for Refugees (Terje Mørland, Stig Arne Skjerven)....Pages 119-121 Global: Research Drives Understanding and Disruption of Work of Isis (Matthew Francis)....Pages 123-125 Pakistan: the Philosophical Battle for Campus Security (Rafia Zakaria)....Pages 127-129 Nigeria: Boko Haram Fear Grips Campuses, Displaces Students (Tunde Fatunde)....Pages 131-133 Japan: Where is Japan Headed after the Earthquake? (Kazuko Suematsu)....Pages 135-136 United States: Guns should be Banned From Campus (John Woods)....Pages 139-141 Front Matter ....Pages 143-145 Global: Yes, Mooc is the Global Higher Education Game Changer (Simon Marginson)....Pages 147-150 Global: Relax – Higher Education Won’t Be Killed By Moocs (Stephen H. Foerster)....Pages 151-153 Global: Moocs as Neocolonialism: Who Controls Knowledge? (Philip G. Altbach)....Pages 155-157 Global: More Work Needed in Blending Online and Onsite Learning (Peta Lee)....Pages 159-161 Developing Countries: Moocs in the Developing World: Hope or Hype? (Ben Wildavsky)....Pages 163-165 Global: Move Over Moocs – Collaborative Mooc 2.0 is Coming (Yojana Sharma)....Pages 167-169 Africa: Closing The Digital Gap in African Higher Education (Anna Bon)....Pages 171-173 Africa: Building on Digital Libraries’ Growing Momentum (Gracian Chimwaza, Blessing Chataira, Chipo Msengezi)....Pages 175-178 Front Matter ....Pages 179-181 Europe: The European Medieval Universities, from the Past and Today (Miri Rubin)....Pages 183-186 Global: The Misuses of the University (Patti Mcgill Peterson)....Pages 187-188 Africa: Developing Civic-Minded University Graduates (Elaine Unterhalter)....Pages 189-191 Africa: The Case for Developmental Universities (Eric Fredua-Kwarteng)....Pages 193-197 Australia: Critical Scholarship in a Hostile Climate: Academics and the Public (Steve Tombs, David Whyte)....Pages 199-201 Front Matter ....Pages 203-206 Global: Where Academics are Hounded as ‘Enemies’ of the State (Brendan O’Malley)....Pages 207-212 Global: University Autonomy and Academic Freedom: A Historical Perspective (Kemal Gürüz)....Pages 213-215 Arab World: Academic Freedom Key to Being World Class (Ramez Maluf)....Pages 217-218 Latin America: Crisis and Homesickness: A New Opportunity for Brain Gain in Latin America? (Iván F. Pacheco)....Pages 219-221 Global: Student Activism Remains a Potent Force Worldwide (Philip G. Altbach, Manja Klemenčič)....Pages 223-225 Global: How to Develop a Sense of Belonging (Manja Klemenčič)....Pages 227-229 South Korea: Student Stress Fuels Suicides as Standards Rise (Karryn Miller)....Pages 231-233 Front Matter ....Pages 235-237 Global: The Corruption of Ethics in Higher Education (Stephen P. Heyneman)....Pages 239-242 Global: Combating Unethical Behavior in Higher Education (Robin Matross Helms)....Pages 243-245 Global: Addicted to Success (Irene Ogrizek)....Pages 247-252 Africa: What can be Done to Tackle Corruption? (Goolam Mohamedbhai)....Pages 253-256 East Asia: Corruption Undermines Rise of East Asian Universities (Rui Yang)....Pages 257-259 Russia: The Unified State Exam in Russia: Problems and Perspectives (Elena Denisova-Schmidt, Elvira Leontyeva)....Pages 261-263 Back Matter ....Pages 265-288