University expansion in a changing global economy : triumph of the BRICs? / Martin Carnoy, Prashant Loyalka, Maria Dobryakova, Rafiq Dossani, Isak Froumin, Katherine Kuhns, Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, and Rong Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carnoy, Martin, author.

Loyalka, Prashant, author.

Dobri︠a︡kova, M. S., author.

Dossani, Rafiq, 1954- author.

Froumin, Isak D., author.

Kuhns, Katherine, author.

Tilak, Jandhyala B. G., author.

Wang, Rong, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--BRIC countries.

Education, Higher.

Higher education and state--BRIC countries.

Higher education and state.

Comparative education.

BRIC countries.

Physical Description:

xviii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

This is a Study of Higher Education in the world's four largest developing economies-Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Already important players globally, by mid-century they are likely to be economic powerhouses. But whether they reach that level of development will depend in part on how successfully they create quality higher education that puts their labor forces at the cutting edge of the information society. Using an empirical, comparative approach, this book develops a broad picture of the higher education system in each country in the context of both global and local forces. The authors offer insights into how differing socioeconomic and historic patterns of change and political contexts influence developments in higher education. In asking why each state takes the approach that it does, this work situates a discussion of university expansion and quality in the context of governments' educational policies and reflects on the larger struggles over social goals and the distribution of national resources. Book jacket.

Contents:

The state and higher educational change

The great higher education expansion

Economic returns to investing in higher education and their impact in the BRIC countries

The changing financing of BRIC higher education

BRIC universities as institutions in the process of change

Who are the students and how are they shaped by BRIC higher education?

The quality of BRIC higher education

BRIC higher education and social equity

What do BRIC higher education strategies imply for the future?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-363) and index.

ISBN:

9780804786010

0804786011

OCLC:

818953192