American Higher Education in a Global Context

Cristina González

doi:10.5771/9781666900088

Summary

American Higher Education in a Global Context: Historical Perspectives describes the current state of universities on each continent, providing a comprehensive analysis of the numerous factors that have affected higher education systems around the world. This book studies higher education from its emergence in antiquity to the establishment of the American research university model and its adoption around the globe, through the current Covid-19 pandemic and concomitant economic and political crisis. The author pays special attention to the shortcomings of the neoliberal trend of the last four decades, which increased social stratification at institutions of higher learning. Calling for an expansion of access to tertiary education, and in particular, to research universities, this book examines the competition between China and the United States in the field of higher education, stressing the importance of academic freedom, without which there can be no true academic excellence.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0007-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0008-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 318
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Prologue No access
1. Global Issues in Higher Education No access
2. Access and Equity No access
3. Marketization and Privatization No access
4. Globalization and Internationalization No access
5. Rankings and World-Class Universities No access
6. Professors, Students, and Academic Freedom No access
7. Higher Education at the Crossroads No access
1. The Appearance of the First Formal Schools No access
2. The Creation of the University No access
3. Diversity and Access to Higher Education No access
1. Higher Education in the Spanish Colonies No access
2. Higher Education in the English Colonies No access
3. Education and Empire No access
1. From Independence to Hegemony No access
2. The Rise of the American Research University No access
1. Higher Education in the 20th Century No access
2. The Golden Age of the American Research University No access
1. Evolution of the Research University in Europe No access
2. The Bologna Process No access
3. Diversity and Access No access
4. 1. 1. The Other English-Speaking Countries No access
  2. 1. The Other German-Speaking Countries No access
    2. The Benelux Union No access
    3. The Nordic Countries No access
  3. 1. The Mediterranean Countries No access
    2. The Eastern European Countries No access
1. 1. Privatization and Access No access
  2. Research and Internationalization No access
  3. Higher Education in Spanish-Speaking America No access
  4. Higher Education in Portuguese-Speaking America No access
2. Higher Education in Anglo America No access
1. 1. Southern Africa No access
  2. Eastern Africa No access
  3. Western Africa No access
2. 1. Precursors No access
  2. The Big Three No access
  3. Explorers No access
  4. A Special Case No access
1. 1. East Asia No access
  2. South Asia No access
2. Oceania No access
1. Overcoming Inequality in Society No access
2. Overcoming Inequality in Education No access
3. The Hinge of History No access
Bibliography No access Pages 245 - 300
Index No access Pages 301 - 316
About the Author No access Pages 317 - 318