The Transformation of Global Higher Education, 1945-2015 (eBook)

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (Autor)

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2016
385 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-52869-8 (ISBN)

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This book explores some of the major forces and changes in higher education across the world between 1945 and 2015. This includes the explosions of higher education institutions and enrollments, a development captured by the notion of massification. There were also profound shifts in the financing and economic role of higher education reflected in the processes of privatization of universities and curricula realignments to meet the shifting demands of the economy. Moreover, the systems of knowledge production, organization, dissemination, and consumption, as well as the disciplinary architecture of knowledge underwent significant changes. Internationalization emerged as one of the defining features of higher education, which engendered new modes, rationales, and practices of collaboration, competition, comparison, and commercialization. External and internal pressures for accountability and higher education's value proposition intensified, which fuelled struggles over access, affordability, relevance, and outcomes that found expression in the quality assurance movement.  

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza is Vice Chancellor of the United States International University-Africa. Previously he was a professor and held senior administrative positions in Canada and the United States. He is the author of more than two dozen books several of which have won international awards.  

Inhalt

Preface 6
Acknowledgments 10
Contents 14
List of Tables 16
Chapter 1: The Postwar Boom: The Universalization of Higher Education 18
Introduction 18
Institutional Explosion 20
Degrees of Massification 29
Persistent Inequality 39
Demographic Destinies and Other Disruptions 64
Conclusion 75
Notes 77
References 78
Chapter 2: Money Matters: Economic and Occupational Disruptions 83
Introduction 83
Waves of Privatization 85
The Cost-Sharing Craze 96
Shifting Economic and Occupational Landscapes 109
Struggles for Affordability and Accountability 126
Conclusion 138
Notes 139
References 141
Chapter 3: Disciplining Knowledges: Ruptures in Academic Systems 154
Introduction 154
Shifting Knowledge Landscapes 156
Disciplinary Restructuring 182
The Digital Academy 205
Conclusion 215
Notes 216
References 218
Chapter 4: Global Village: The Competitive Challenges of Internationalization 227
Academic Sojourns Abroad 230
Exporting Institutional Models 246
Regional Dimensions and Actors 255
The Seductions and Sanctions of Rankings 271
Geographies and Hierarchies of Knowledge Collaboration 277
Conclusion 290
Notes 290
Bibliography 293
Chapter 5: Quality Control: Struggles for Accountability and Value 310
Introduction 310
The Invasion of Assessment Culture 312
The Curriculum Goes to Market 339
The Unbundling of Faculty Life 344
Conclusion 365
Notes 366
Bibliography 368
Index 381

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2016
• Reihe/Serie: African Histories and Modernities
• Reihe/Serie: African Histories and Modernities
• Zusatzinfo: XVI, 385 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: higher education • Information Technology • research and scholarship • Teaching and learning • Universities
• ISBN-10: 1-137-52869-9 / 1137528699
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-52869-8 / 9781137528698