The great brain race : how global universities are reshaping the world / Ben Wildavsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wildavsky, Ben.

Series:

The William G. Bowen Series ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher.

Education and globalization.

Universities and colleges.

Competition, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

[Paperback ed.].

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Great Brain Race, former U.S. News & World Report education editor Ben Wildavsky presents the first popular account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education--and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared. Every year, nearly three million international students study outside of their home countries, a 40 percent increase since 1999. Newly created or expanded universities in China, India, and Saudi Arabia are competing with the likes of Harvard and Oxford for faculty, students, and research preeminence. Satellite campuses of Western universities are springing up from Abu Dhabi and Singapore to South Africa. Wildavsky shows that as international universities strive to become world-class, the new global education marketplace is providing more opportunities to more people than ever before. Drawing on extensive reporting in China, India, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, Wildavsky chronicles the unprecedented international mobility of students and faculty, the rapid spread of branch campuses, the growth of for-profit universities, and the remarkable international expansion of college rankings. Some university and government officials see the rise of worldwide academic competition as a threat, going so far as to limit student mobility or thwart cross-border university expansion. But Wildavsky argues that this scholarly marketplace is creating a new global meritocracy, one in which the spread of knowledge benefits everyone--both educationally and economically. In a new preface, Wildavsky discusses some of the notable developments in global higher education since the book was first published.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction: What Is Global Higher Education-and Why Does It Matter?

Chapter One. The Worldwide Race for Talent

Chapter Two. Branching Out

Chapter Three. Wanted: World-Class Universities

Chapter Four. College Rankings Go Global

Chapter Five. For-Profits on the Move

Chapter Six. Free Trade in Minds

Afterword

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Originally published: 2010. With a new preface by the author.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613831750

9781283519304

1283519305

9781400842001

140084200X

OCLC:

802047918