International organizations and higher education policy : thinking globally, acting locally?

International organizations and higher education policy : thinking globally, acting locally? / Roberta Malee Bassett and Alma Maldonado, editors.

International Organizations and Higher Education Policy critically analyzes the impact influential organizations have at different levels of higher education policy development and implementation.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bassett, Roberta Malee, Maldonado, Alma
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, ©2009.
Series:International studies in higher education.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Cross-cultural studies.
Higher education and state > Cross-cultural studies.
Education and globalization > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational change > Cross-cultural studies.
International agencies > Decision making.
International organization > Decision making.
EDUCATION > Finance.
Education and globalization
Education, Higher
Educational change
Higher education and state
International agencies > Decision making
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter Introduction
  • part I International Organizations and the Field of Higher Education
  • chapter 1 Higher Education: An Emerging Field of Research and Policy
  • part II Multilateral Organizations: The Internal and External Voices
  • chapter 2 UNESCO: The World's Reference Point for Change in Higher Education / STAMENKA UVALIC´-TRUMBIC´, UNESCO, PARIS (FRANCE)
  • chapter 3 UNESCO and Higher Education: Opportunity or Impasse? / KAREN MUNDY
  • chapter 4 OECD Work on the Internationalization of Higher Education: An Insider Perspective
  • chapter 5 The OECD and its Influence in Higher Education: A Critical Revision
  • chapter 6 Transforming Higher Education in Developing Countries: The Role of the World Bank BASSETT, THE WORLD BANK, WASHINGTON, DC (USA) / JAMIL SALMI
  • chapter 7 Market Multilateralism, the World Bank Group, and the Asymmetries of Globalizing Higher Education: Toward a Critical Political Economy Analysis
  • chapter 8 GATS and Education Services: Current Commitments and Future Prospects
  • part III Regional Actors: Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America
  • chapter 9 Higher Education in Africa: The Dynamics of International Partnerships and Interventions
  • chapter 10 International Organizations and Asian Higher Education: The Case of China
  • chapter 11 European Multinational Regimes and Higher Education Policy
  • chapter 12 International Organizations in Latin American Higher Education: Projects and Contradictions in the Post-World War II and Post-Washington Consensus Era
  • part IV International Aid and Higher Education
  • chapter 13 American Foundations and Higher Education in Developing Countries: Shifting Rationales and Strategies for Support
  • chapter 14 Higher Education, Donor Organizations, Nation States, and Development: The Public Donor Dimension in Africa
  • chapter 15 International Organizations and Bilateral Aid: National Interests and Transnational Agendas / ALMA MALDONADO-MALDONADO AND BRENDAN.

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