A Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Systems : Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas / edited by Michael Kariwo, Tatiana Gounko, Musembi Nungu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kariwo, Michael, editor.

Gounko, Tatiana, editor.

Nungu, Musembi, editor.

Abdela, Yesuf H., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a well crafted, timely book that comes at a time when so much is happening in higher education contexts across the world. Clearly, it is in response to these global (and selectively local) trends that Kariwo, Gounko and Nungu bring together an impressive lineup of both established and emerging scholars who achieve a comprehensive and critically constructed perspective on tertiary education systems. Collectively, the chapters in this work shall expand the epistemic boundaries of the area and its affiliated disciplines, and the book as a whole will greatly benefit interested scholars, students, education policy makers and the public at large. - Ali A. Abdi, Professor, University of Alberta This book is a valuable contribution to knowledge on higher education and provides an international perspective on issues, challenges and dilemmas resulting from the rapid expansion of higher education. The volume is an excellent text that integrates theoretical and analytical studies as well as empirical regional studies. The book gives some insights on how different countries and regions have been responding to massification and accessing of higher education. It will appeal to researchers, graduate students and faculty in Higher or Post-Secondary Education as well as International and Comparative Education. - Edward Shizha, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford Campus).

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Michael Kariwo , Tatiana Gounko and Musembi Nungu

Philosophies in Higher Education / Michael Kariwo , Tatiana Gounko and Musembi Nungu

Massification of Chinese Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges in a Globalizing Context / Hongxia Shan and Shibao Guo

The Impact of Zimbabwean Higher Education Policies on Access / Michael Kariwo

Becoming a University: A Case Study of VIU / Cynthia Field and Tatiana Gounko

Adding Value to Knowledge or Eroding the Quality of Education? A Critical Examination of the Module II Degree Programmes in Kenyan Public Universities / Njeri Kiaritha , Maina Waiganjo and Musembi Nungu

Policies of Accountability, Decentralization, Efficiency, Quality and Relevance: A Description of Their Adoption and Practice in Mexican Higher Education / Elizabeth Ocampo Gómez and José Luis Suárez Domínguez

The Challenges Facing Higher Education in India / Elizabeth Vergis

The Role of the State in Neoliberal Reforms of Korean Higher Education / Moon Sook Jeong

Reviving Russian Science and Academia / Tatiana Gounko

Knowledge Democracy, Higher Education and Engagement: Renegotiating the Social Contract / Budd Hall

University, College Partnerships and Collaborations in Canada: A Critical Analysis / Michael Kariwo and Christopher Zindi

Competing for Advantage: A Discourse Analysis of Internationalization Policy in Canadian and Ghanaian Higher Education / Shelane Jorgenson

Critical Perspectives on the Development of Modern Higher Education in Ethiopia: A Critical Analysis of Issues of Relevance, Quality, and Management / Yesuf H. Abdela and Thashika Pillay

Who Should Get in: A Minority Student Access Issue in Canadian Higher Education / Dan Cui

A Synthesis of the Issues, Challenges, and Dilemmas / Michael Kariwo , Tatiana Gounko and Musembi Nungu

Contributors / Michael Kariwo , Tatiana Gounko and Musembi Nungu

Index / Michael Kariwo , Tatiana Gounko and Musembi Nungu.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9789462095335

9462095337

OCLC:

881750742