Comparative analysis of higher education systems : issues, challenges and dilemmas / edited by Michael Kariwo, Tatiana Gounko and Musembi Nungu.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is a well crafted, timely book that comes at a time when so much is happening in higher education contexts across the world. Clearly, it is in response to these global (and selectively local) trends that Kariwo, Gounko and Nungu bring together an impressive lineup of both established and emerging scholars who achieve a comprehensive and critically constructed perspective on tertiary education systems. Collectively, the chapters in this work shall expand the epistemic boundaries of the area and its affiliated disciplines, and the book as a whole will greatly benefit interested scholars, students, education policy makers and the public at large. - Ali A. Abdi, Professor, University of Alberta This book is a valuable contribution to knowledge on higher education and provides an international perspective on issues, challenges and dilemmas resulting from the rapid expansion of higher education. The volume is an excellent text that integrates theoretical and analytical studies as well as empirical regional studies. The book gives some insights on how different countries and regions have been responding to massification and accessing of higher education. It will appeal to researchers, graduate students and faculty in Higher or Post-Secondary Education as well as International and Comparative Education. - Edward Shizha, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford Campus).

Philosophies in higher education/ M Kariwo -- Massification of Chinese higher education: opportunities and challenges in a globalizing context/ H Shan -- The impact of Zimbabwean higher education policies on access/ M Kariwo -- Becoming a university: a case study of VIU/ C Field -- Adding value to knowledge or eroding the quality of education? A critical examination of the module II degree programmes in Kenyan public universities/ N Kiaritha -- Policies of accountability, decentralization, efficiency, quality and relevance: a description of their adoption and practice in Mexican higher education/ E Ocampo -- The challenges facing higher education in India/ E Vergis -- The role of the state in neoliberal reforms of Korean higher education/ M S Jeong -- Reviving Russian science and academia/ T Gounko -- Knowledge democracy, higher education and engagement: renegotiating the social contract/ B Hall -- University, college partnership and collaborations in Canada: a critical analysis/ C Zindi -- Competing for advantage: a discourse analysis of internationalization policy in Canadian and Ghanaian higher education/ S Jorgenson -- Critical perspectives on the development of moden higher education in Ethopia: a critical analysis of issues of relevance, quality, and management/ Y H Abdela -- Who should get in: a minority student access issue in Canadian higher education/ D Cui -- A synthesis of the issues, challenges, and dilemmas/ M Kariwo.

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