LEADER 05126nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910455058203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-77170-4 010 $a9786613682475 010 $a1-84950-543-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000767360 035 $a(EBL)453232 035 $a(OCoLC)609843519 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000398646 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12100553 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000398646 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10374768 035 $a(PQKB)10043694 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453232 035 $a(PPN)187303444 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453232 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310678 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000767360 100 $a20080212d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe worldwide transformation of higher education$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by David P. Baker and Alexander W. Wiseman 210 $aBingley $cJAI$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (360 p.) 225 1 $aInternational perspectives on education and society ;$vv. 9 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7623-1487-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe Worldwide Transformation of Higher Education; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Changes in access to higher education: From worldwide constraints to common patterns of reform?; 1. A common system of constraints; 2. Similar patterns of reform in contrasted national contexts; Notes; References; World University rankings; Introduction; Data envelope analysis (DEA); Conventional university rankings; A first DEA analysis; DEA using inputs and outputs; Critiques of DEA; A possible future for supranational rankings; References 327 $aAppendix. DEA analysis using staff/student ratio as an input variable - data for the top 200 universities in the Times Higher Education Supplement tableCorruption in higher education; Structure and dynamics of corruption in higher education; Measuring corruption: Widely used indicators; Estimating the relationship between corruption and national economic development: Econometric models; Fighting corruption in higher education; Conclusions; Recommendations; References; Women's studies as a global innovation; The emergence of the academic arm of the women's movement 327 $aWomen's studies in comparative perspectiveDefining and contextualizing women's studies; Theoretical perspective; Methods of analysis; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; The research university in context: the examples of Brazil and Germany; Embedded education - the case of the research university; Historical perspectives; Summary; Current perspectives; Conclusion; Notes; References; Historical legacies of soviet higher education and the transformation of higher education systems in post-Soviet Russia and Eurasia 327 $aThe ambiguous historical legacies of Soviet higher educationNew freedoms, systemic dysfunctions and policy choices since 1991; The reassertion of state power and new policy frameworks since 2001; References; The World Bank and higher education in the developing world: the cases of Uganda and Thailand; The global transformation of higher education; The World Bank; The Republic of Uganda; The Kingdom of Thailand; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Rapid expansion of higher education in South Korea: political economy of education fever 327 $a1. Overview of the current higher education system in Korea2. Major characteristics of the Korean higher education system; 3. Historical development of the Korean education system before the massification of higher education in 19805; 4. Political economy of massification and its consequences; 6. Conclusions: theories of higher education expansion and the Korean experience; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; China's move to mass higher education: An analysis of policy making from a rational framework; 1. The incredible pace of expansion; 2. A brief overview of the rational framework 327 $a3. Mapping the policymaking of the expansion through the rational framework 330 $aEnrollment in institutions of higher education around the world is growing. Some scholars have suggested that one reason for this expansion is that the role of higher education has shifted over the last 5 years from an elite to a mass institution. This bo 410 0$aInternational perspectives on education and society ;$vv. 9. 606 $aEducation, Higher 606 $aEducation, Higher$vCross-cultural studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEducation, Higher. 615 0$aEducation, Higher 676 $a378 701 $aBaker$b David$f1952 Jan. 5-$01037000 701 $aWiseman$b Alexander W.$f1968-$0851927 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455058203321 996 $aThe worldwide transformation of higher education$92481585 997 $aUNINA