Higher education in the UK and the US : converging university models in a global academic world? / edited by Sarah Pickard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pickard, Sarah, editor.

Series:

Youth in a globalizing world ; volume 1.

Youth in a globalizing world ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--Great Britain.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects.

Great Britain.

Higher education and state--Great Britain.

Higher education and state.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Great Britain.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

United States.

Higher education and state--United States.

Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.

Education and globalization.

Physical Description:

xvii, 278 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Higher education in the United Kingdom and the United States

Place of Publication:

Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

Summary:

Higher Education in the UK and the US: Converging University Models in a Global Academic World? edited by Sarah Pickard addresses the key similarities and differences in higher education between the two countries over the last thirty years, in order to ascertain whether there exists a specific 'Anglo-Saxon model'. This interdisciplinary book is divided into three thematic parts dealing with current fundamental issues in higher education within neoliberal Great Britain and the United States: economics and marketisation of higher education; access and admittance to universities; and the student experience of higher education. The contributors are all higher education specialists in diverse academic fields - sociology, political sciences, public policy studies, educational studies and history - from either side of the Atlantic. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 The Economics and Marketisation of Higher Education

1 Creating the Enterprising Student: The Moral Projects of Neoliberalism and Higher Education Reform in the UK and the US / Steven Ward Ward, Steven 11

2 Education Markets in English and American Universities / John Halsey Halsey, John, Kenneth O'Brien O'Brien, Kenneth 35

3 Higher Education in the United Kingdom under Tony Blair: An American inspired Economic Issue / Magali Julian Julian, Magali 59

4 The English Experiment in Market-Based Higher Education: Ideology and Reality Disconnected / Bahram Bekhradnia Bekhradnia, Bahram 79

Part 2 Access and Admission to Higher Education

5 Are Admissions Models for Undergraduate Study Converging Among Highly Selective Universities in England and the US? / Anna Mountford-Zimdars Mountford-Zimdars, Anna 91

6 Widening Participation in English Universities: Accessing Social Justice? / Sarah Pickard Pickard, Sarah 113

7 Access and the Rise of Accountability in the Governance of Public Universities in the US / Christine Soulas Soulas, Christine 139

Part 3 The Student Experience of Higher Education

8 The Quality of the Student's I -earning Experience: A Strategic Dimension of British and American Higher Education Systems in the Early 21st Century / Marie-Agnes Détourbe Détourbe, Marie-Agnes 167

9 The Decline in Study Time in British and American Universities: Unravelling the Paradox in Two Knowledge Economies / James Cote Cote, James 197

10 The Student Experience in the UK and the US: Two Converging Pictures of Decline? / Chris Rust Rust, Chris 225

11 British Students in the Winter Protests: Still a New Social Movement? / Cristiatia Olcese Olcese, Cristiatia, Clare Saunders Saunders, Clare 250.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004262744

9004262741

OCLC:

878667405