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  • Global Perspectives on Higher Education

    by Philip G. Altbach ...
    The single best book on higher education as a global phenomenon.Over the past half-century, globalization has had a profound impact on postsecondary education. The twin forces of mass higher education and the global knowledge economy have driven an unprecedented transformation. These fundamental changes have pulled in opposite directions: one pushes for wider access and accompanying challenges of ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • The Questions of Tenure

    by Philip G. Altbach, Roger Baldwin, Jay L. Chronister, Charles T. Clotfelter, William T. Mallon, R. Eugene Rice, Cathy A. Trower, James Honan ...
    Tenure is the abortion issue of the academy, igniting arguments and inflaming near-religious passions. To some, tenure is essential to academic freedom and a magnet to recruit and retain top-flight faculty. To others, it is an impediment to professorial accountability and a constraint on institutional flexibility and finances. But beyond anecdote and opinion, what do we really know about how ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century

    Social, Political, and Economic Challenges

    Edited by Michael N. Bastedo, Philip G. Altbach, Patricia J. Gumport ...
    Now in its fifth edition! An indispensable reference for anyone concerned with the future of American colleges and universities.Whether it is advances in information technology, organized social movements, or racial inequality and social class stratification, higher education serves as a lens for examining significant issues within American society. First published in 1998, American Higher ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • World Class Worldwide

    Transforming Research Universities in Asia and Latin America

    by Philip G. Altbach, Jorge Balán ...
    Nations with strong research universities are better able to compete in the international marketplace of ideas and innovation. Any country—especially in the developing world—striving to participate in the global knowledge economy must recognize the power of such institutions to transform society. In World Class Worldwide, analysts from developing and middle-income countries in Asia and Latin ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • The Questions of Tenure

    by Philip G. Altbach, Roger Baldwin, Jay L. Chronister, Charles T. Clotfelter, James Honan, William T. Mallon, R. Eugene Rice, Cathy A. Trower ...
    Tenure is the abortion issue of the academy, igniting arguments and inflaming near-religious passions. To some, tenure is essential to academic freedom and a magnet to recruit and retain top-flight faculty. To others, it is an impediment to professorial accountability and a constraint on institutional flexibility and finances. But beyond anecdote and opinion, what do we really know about how ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Handbook on Corruption in Higher Education

    Edited by Elena Denisova-Schmidt, Philip G. Altbach, Hans de Wit ...
    Series series Elgar Handbooks in Education
    This insightful Handbook provides an overview of corruption within the context of higher education. Through a variety of international case studies, theoretical frameworks and methodologies, it examines the underlying issues involved in corruption as well as the damaging impact on scholarly cultures and the academic enterprise.Leading and emerging global experts discuss how the success of ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Academic Star Wars

    Excellence Initiatives in Global Perspective

    Edited by Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, Jamil Salmi ...
    A pioneering collection of case studies on the global phenomenon of academic excellence initiatives and how they shape the performance of research universities.Academic excellence initiatives (AEIs)—special government-sponsored programs to improve research universities—have provided billions of dollars to top universities and represent perhaps the most significant effort in the past half-century ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Leadership for World-Class Universities

    Challenges for Developing Countries

    Edited by Philip G. Altbach ...
    Leadership for World-Class Universities reveals how "world-class" thinking and policy can help university leaders employ modern solutions to the challenges facing higher education today. Readers will benefit from best practice advice offered by distinguished international contributors who have excelled by thinking globally without losing sight of their respective national and local environments. ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Private Higher Education

    An International Bibliography

    Edited by Alma Maldonado, Yingxia Cao, Philip G. Altbach, Daniel C. Levy, Hong Zhu ...
    This research project has been supported by the Ford Foundation, the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, and the Program of Research on Private Higher Education at the University at Albany. ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • Paying the Professoriate

    A Global Comparison of Compensation and Contracts

    Edited by Liz Reisberg, Maria Yudkevich, Gregory Androushchak, Philip Altbach, Iván Pacheco ...
    How are professors paid? Can the "best and brightest" be attracted to the academic profession? With universities facing international competition, which countries compensate their academics best, and which ones lag behind? Paying the Professoriate examines these questions and provides key insights and recommendations into the current state of the academic profession worldwide.Paying the ... Read more

    $86.99 USD

  • International Faculty in Higher Education

    Comparative Perspectives on Recruitment, Integration, and Impact

    Edited by Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, Laura E. Rumbley ...
    In an interconnected and globally competitive environment, faculty mobility across countries has become widespread, yet is little understood. Grounded in qualitative methodology, this volume offers a cutting-edge examination of internationally mobile academics today and explores the approaches and strategies that institutions pursue to recruit and integrate international teachers and scholars into ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Global Academic Rankings Game

    Changing Institutional Policy, Practice, and Academic Life

    Edited by Maria Yudkevich, Philip Altbach, Laura Rumbley ...
    The Global Academic Rankings Game provides a much-needed perspective on how countries and universities react to academic rankings. Based on a unified case methodology of eleven key countries and academic institutions, this comprehensive volume provides expert analysis on this emerging phenomenon at a time when world rankings are becoming increasingly visible and influential on the international ... Read more

    $72.99 USD