TY - BOOK AU - Carnoy,Martin AU - Loyalka,Prashant AU - Dobri︠a︡kova,M.S. AU - Dossani,Rafiq AU - Froumin,Isak D. AU - Kuhns,Katherine AU - Tilak,Jandhyala B.G. AU - Wang,Rong TI - University expansion in a changing global economy: triumph of the BRICs? SN - 9780804786416 AV - LC2610 .C37 2013eb U1 - 378 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press KW - Education, Higher KW - BRIC countries KW - Higher education and state KW - Comparative education KW - Éducation comparée KW - EDUCATION KW - Higher KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The state and higher educational change -- The great higher education expansion -- Economic returns to investing in higher education and their impact in the BRIC countries -- The changing financing of BRIC higher education -- BRIC universities as institutions in the process of change -- Who are the students and how are they shaped by BRIC higher education? -- The quality of BRIC higher education -- BRIC higher education and social equity -- What do BRIC higher education strategies imply for the future? N2 - This is a study of higher education expansion and its changing quality in the world's four largest developing economies - Brazil, Russia, India, and China - known as the BRIC countries. These four economies are already important players globally, but by mid-century, they are likely to be economic powerhouses. The purpose of this book is to understand the large, rapid transformation of universities in these economies as a way to judge the potential each of these economies has for future development UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=713617 ER -