Comparative Analysis of Higher Education Systems : Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas.

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- REFERENCE -- 1. PHILOSOPHIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- PHILOSOPHIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- 2. MASSIFICATION OF CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN A GLOBALIZING CONTEXT -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBALIZATION AND CHINA'S MARKET ECONOMY -- RESTRUCTURING AND TRANSFORMATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION -- FROM ELITE TO MASS HIGHER EDUCATION: A BRIEF HISTORY -- INSTITUTIONAL RESTRUCTURING AND POLICY DISCOURSES -- ISSUES WITH MASSIFICATION AND MARKETIZATION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM -- DISCUSSION: FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3. THE IMPACT OF ZIMBABWEAN HIGHER EDUCATION POLICIES ON ACCESS -- INTRODUCTION -- POLITICAL ECONOMY -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- DOCUMENT ANALYSIS -- THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN -- THE WILLIAMS COMMISSION REPORT OF 1989 -- THE NZIRAMASANGA REPORT 1999 -- POLICY CONTEXT AND DESIGN -- Neoliberalism -- Strategy and Planning -- CONSULTATION AND ADOPTION OF POLICY -- Government as a Stakeholder -- TUITION AND FINANCING POLICIES -- The Cadetship Scheme -- The Private Sector: It's Demise -- POLICY IMPLEMENTATION -- OUTCOMES AND EVALUATION -- Quality -- The Brain Drain -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 4. BECOMING A UNIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY OF VIU -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS, DATA, AND PROCEDURES -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- BECOMING A UNIVERSITY -- IMPACT OF TRANSITION -- Institutional Funding -- Branding -- AN ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY -- Competing in the Marketplace -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 5. ADDING VALUE TO KNOWLEDGE OR ERODING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION? A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE MODULE II DEGREE PROGRAMMES IN K -- INTRODUCTION -- DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN KENYA -- Adapted from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) 2012 -- UNIVERSITY ADMISSION PROCEDURES -- DEVELOPMENT OF MODULE II PROGRAMS -- CONTRIBUTIONS OF MODULE II PROGRAMS.

DRAWBACKS OF MODULE II -- Inadequate Qualified Staff -- Pressure on Resources -- Decrease of Middle Level Colleges -- MODULE II AND THE NEOLIBERAL UNIVERSITY: IS THIS SUSTAINABLE IN KENYA? -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 6. POLICIES OF ACCOUNTABILITY, DECENTRALIZATION, EFFICIENCY, QUALITY AND RELEVANCE: A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR ADOPTION AND PRACTICE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. HIGHER EDUCATION IN MEXICO -- 1.1 State-University: Paternalistic and Lenient Relationship (1940-1980) -- 1.2 State-University: Strict Surveillance Relationship (1980Present) -- 2. FINANCIAL TECHNIQUES: WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY TRANSCEND THE FIELD OF HIGHER EDUCATION -- 2.1 Accountability -- 2.2 Incentives -- 2.3 Planning -- 2.4 Competitions and Meritocracy -- 2.5 Decentralization. -- 3. WHERE ARE WE? -- CONCLUSION AND PROPOSALS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 7. THE CHALLENGES FACING HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA -- INTRODUCTION -- GENERAL BACKGROUND -- UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES -- ACADEMIC STRUCTURE -- ENROLMENTS -- Adapted from Agarwal, P. (2009). Indian Higher Education: Envisioning the Future. New Delhi: Sage Publications, p. 8. -- Level-wise and Subject-wise Enrolment -- Adapted from Agarwal, P. (2009). Indian Higher Education: Envisioning the Future. New Delhi: Sage Publications. -- Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) -- Adapted from Agarwal, P. (2009). Indian Higher Education: Envisioning the Future. New Delhi: Sage Publications. -- Diversity in the Student Population at Institutions of Higher Education -- Enrolment of International Students -- Overseas Enrolment -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- Higher Education Growth -- Growth in Pre-Independence India -- Growth in Post-Independence India -- Increasing Access -- Promoting Equity -- Regional Imbalances -- Disparities in Enrolment -- QUALITY MANAGEMENT -- Concept of Quality -- Quality Assurance in India -- Promoting Quality and Excellence.

SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY -- CHALLENGES FACING HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA -- REFERENCES -- 8. THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN NEOLIBERAL REFORMS OF KOREAN HIGHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- STATE AND EDUCATION -- NEOLIBERAL REFORMS OF SOUTH KOREAN HIGHER EDUCATION -- STRONG STATE -- Historical Legacy -- Economic Rationale -- Funding Mechanism -- RATIONALIZATION -- Linguistic and Perceptual Necessity -- CONCLUSION: STATE AS A STRICT REGULATOR AND A CAPITALIST MEDIATOR -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 9. REVIVING RUSSIAN SCIENCE AND ACADEMIA -- THE STATE OF RUSSIAN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH -- ISSUES OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT -- CURRENT GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES -- FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES AND NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES -- ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF ACADEMIC PERSONNEL -- DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 10. KNOWLEDGE DEMOCRACY, HIGHER EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT: RENEGOTIATING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SOCIETY FOR PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH IN ASIA (PRIA) -- THE HONEY BEE NETWORK -- MPAMBO AFRIKAN MULTIVERSITY -- MPUMALANGA TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE COMMONS -- UNIVERSITY OF ABAHLALHI BASEMJONDOLO -- LANGUAGES OF THE LAND -- KNOWLEDGE DEMOCRACY -- VOICES OF KNOWLEDGE DEMOCRACY -- ECOLOGIES OF KNOWLEDGE AND COGNITIVE JUSTICE -- HIGHER EDUCATION AND SOCIETY -- COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY ENGAGEMENT AS A SPACE OF CONTESTATION -- SEVEN QUESTIONS FROM A KNOWLEDGE DEMOCRACY PERSPECTIVE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- Budd Hall -- 11. UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS IN CANADA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- UNIVERSITY - UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS -- UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS -- UNIVERSITY - COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS -- UNIVERSITY - INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS -- NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

12. COMPETING FOR ADVANTAGE: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONALIZATION POLICY IN CANADIAN AND GHANAIAN HIGHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- NEOLIBERAL GLOBALIZATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION -- INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION -- INTERNATIONALIZATION IN CANADA: ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL POLICY -- HIGHER EDUCATION IN GHANA: A CONTEXT IN TRANSITION -- COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: FOR WHAT? FOR WHOM? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 13. CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN HIGHER EDUCATION IN ETHIOPIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ISSUES OF RELEVANCE, -- INTRODUCTION -- A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN ETHIOPIAN EDUCATION -- A Brief Background of Ethiopia: A Diverse Nation -- A Historical Review of Modern Education in Ethiopia -- CONCEPTUALIZING HIGHER EDUCATION IN ETHIOPIA IN TERMS OF PERSPECTIVES OF MODERNITY -- CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ETHIOPIAN HIGHER EDUCATION -- Higher Education Policies -- Issues of Management within the Higher Education Sector -- Reconceptualising Issues of Quality and Relevance of Ethiopian Higher education -- A Critical Analysis of Quality Assurance Practice in Ethiopian Higher education -- THE RECOLONIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ETHIOPIA: CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 14. WHO SHOULD GET IN: A MINORITY STUDENT ACCESS ISSUE IN CANADIAN HIGHER EDUCATION -- CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, REPRESENTATION AND RACISM -- Critical Discourse Analysis -- Representation and Media Racism -- Democratic Racism -- ANALYZING MEDIA DISCOURSE: METHODS AND SOME CONCEPTS -- WHY THE "TOO ASIAN" ARTICLE IS PROBLEMATIC: FOUR THEMES -- The Us/Them Division and the Forever Others -- Cultural Explanation and Model Minority Discourse Revisited -- Segregation and Ethnic Identities -- University Entry Criteria, WASP Credentials and White Victimization -- CONCLUSION.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 15. A SYNTHESIS OF THE ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND DILEMMAS -- REFERENCES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.