Handbook on the politics of higher education / edited by Brendan Cantwell (Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University, US), Hamish Coates (Tenured Professor, Tsinghua University's Institute of Education, and Deputy Director, Tsinghua University Global Research Centre for the Assessment of College and Student Development, China), and Roger King (Visiting Professor, School of Management, University of Bath, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cantwell, Brendan, 1980- editor.

Coates, Hamish, 1974- editor.

King, Roger, active 2018, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization.

Education and state.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., Incorporated, 2018.

Summary:

The Handbook on the Politics of Higher Education reveals valuable new perspectives for understanding higher education. Higher education plays an ever-greater role in contemporary life, creating innovation, skills, prosperity, and wellbeing, and is therefore of increasing importance to understand. Crafted as a sophisticated entry point, this Handbook takes a wide look at the topic, the state of contemporary research, and future directions. An array of expert international contributors examine important and contentious issues such as who should pay, how to keep higher education accountable, the assurance of quality, boosting productivity and affordability, and the role of states and markets. Experts explain how universities relate to states and societies, the political economy of higher education, planning and resource allocation, regulation and quality, and the politics of stakeholder interests. Unpacking key issues for both researchers new to the sector and experts alike, this topical Handbook will prove essential and thought-provoking reading for government policymakers, social science researchers, higher education executives, as well as instructors of graduate courses.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: the politics of higher education / Brendan Cantwell, Hamish Coates and Roger King

Part I The university, state, and society

1. The state and the civil society in the scholarship of higher education / Brian Pusser

2. Trust, universities and the state / Gwilym Croucher and Glyn Davis

3. The politics of university governance and United Kingdom devolution / Andrew M Boggs and Robin Middlehurst

4. Transformations of higher education institutions in the Chinese tradition / Rui Yang

5. The social dimension of higher education: reproductive and transformative / John Brennan

Part II Political economy and global governance

6. Global higher education governance / Dirk Van Damme and Marijk Van der Wende

7. Global higher education and variegated regionalisms / Susan Robertson

8. The geopolitics of academic science / Brendan Cantwell and Adam Grimm

9. Scientific nationalism in a globalizing world / Creso Sá and Emma Sabzalieva

10. Soft power projection: the political return on investment in international higher education / Chris Ziguras

11. The geopolitics of higher education: pursuing success in an uncertain global environment / Angel Calderon

Part III Planning and resource allocation

12. National resource allocation decisions in higher education: objectives and dilemmas / Benedetto Lepori and Ben Jongbloed

13. Higher education funding in the context of competing demands for government expenditure / Dieter Dohmen

14. The political economy of the higher education contribution scheme / Bruce Chapman and Timothy Hicks

15. The political economy of Thailand's income contingent and allowance loan (TICAL) scheme: a personal account / Medhi Krongkaew

16. Using workforce data to plan higher education degree programs / Charles Goldman and Diana Carew

17. The politics of funding for research and development / Alan Pettigrew and åsa Olsson

Part IV Regulation and quality

18. Risk-based regulation in higher education: why, how, when, and what else? / Roger King

19. Regulating diversity: the challenges of regulation in pluralistic higher education systems, a UK case study / Elizabeth Halford

20. Tertiary regulation in Asia: emerging models / Dorte Kristoffersen, Susanna Lee and Rob Fearnside

21. Regulating higher education: national audit explosion in International market / Martin Lodge

22. Transparency is the lynchpin for higher education success / Hamish Coates, Umesha Weerakkody, Emeline Jerez, Michael Wells and Stefan Popenici

Part V The politics of stakeholder interests

23. Stakeholder organizations and multi-level governance of higher education / Martina Vukasovic

24. The gender politics of higher education / Rosemary Deem

25. Neoliberalism and faculty roles: the politics of academic work / Adrianna Kezar and Tom DePaola

26. Student politics: between representation and activism / Manja Klemenčič and Bo Yun Park

27. University industry collaboration / Peter Rohan and Kenneth Moore

28. Skills and learning gain(s) in 21st century higher education: politics or policy? / Robert Wagenaar

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781786435026 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.