INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Springer International Handbooks of Education

VOLUME 18

International Handbook of
Higher Education
Part One: Global Themes and Contemporary Challenges

Edited by

James J.F. Forest

U.S. Military Academy,
West Point, NY, USA

and

Philip G. Altbach
Boston College,
Chestnut Hill, MA, USA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART ONE: GLOBAL THEMES AND
CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
Acknowledgments
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Introduction
Philip G. Altbach and James J. F. Forest

The Academic Profession

Jurgen Enders

Accountability and Quality Assurance: New Issues

for Academic Inquiry
Elaine El-Khawas

23

Curricula in International Perspective

Lisa R. Lattuca

39

Doctoral Education: Present Realities and

Future Trends
Philip G. Altbach

65

Higher Education Finance: Trends and Issues

Arthur M. Hauptman

83

For-Profit Higher Education: U.S. Tendencies,

International Echoes
Kevin Kinser and Daniel C. Levy

107

Globalization and the University: Realities in an

Unequal World
Philip G. Altbach

121

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Governance and Administration: Organizational and

Structural Trends
Barbara Sporn

141

History of Universities
Harold Perkin

159

Internationalization: Concepts, Complexities

and Challenges
Jane Knight

207

Higher Education Management: Challenges and Strategies

George Keller

229

Reflections on the Transition from Elite to Mass to Universal

Access: Forms and Phases of Higher Education in Modern
Societies since WWII
Martin Trow

243

The Private Fit in the Higher Education Landscape

Daniel C. Levy

281

Beyond Private Gain: The Public Benefits

of Higher Education
David E. Bloom, Matthew Hartley, and Henry Rosovsky

293

Research and Scholarship

Grant Harman

309

Student Politics: Activism and Culture

Philip G. Altbach

329

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

James J. F. Forest

347

Rhetoric or Reality? Technology in Borderless

Higher Education
Svava Bjarnason

377

About the Editors

393

About the Contributors

395

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PART TWO: REGIONS AND COUNTRIES

Preface to Volume Two

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SECTION 1
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
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Higher Education in the Arab World

Linda Herrera

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Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe

Peter Scott

423

Higher Education in Developing Countries

David E. Bloom and Henry Rosovsky

443

European Integration in Higher Education: The Bologna Process

Towards a European Higher Education Area
Hans de Wit

461

Higher Education in French-Speaking Sub-Saharan Africa

Juma Shabani

483

Latin American University Transformation of the 1990s: Altered

Identities?
Marcela Mollis

503

Higher Education in Scandinavia

Evanthia Kalpazidou Schmidt

517

Higher Education in Southeast Asia in the Era of Globalization

Molly N. N. Lee

539

Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Damtew Teferra

557

SECTION 2
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
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Argentina
Ana M. Garca de Fanelli

573

Australia
Simon Marginson

587

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Brazil
Simon Schwartzman

613

Canada
Glen A. Jones

627

Chile
Jose Joaqun Brunner and Anthony Tillett

647

China
Ruth Hayhoe and Qiang Zha

667

Egypt
Iman Farag

693

France
Christine Musselin

711

Germany
Barbara M. Kehm

729

India
N. Jayaram

747

Indonesia
M. K. Tadjudin

769

Iran
Abbas Bazargan

781

Israel
Yaacov Iram

793

Italy
Roberto Moscati

811

Japan
Akiyoshi Yonezawa

829

Kenya
Charles K. Ngome

839

Korea
Namgi Park

867

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Mexico
Hugo Casanova-Cardiel

881

The Netherlands
Egbert de Weert

899

Nigeria
Munzali Jibril

919

Poland
Wojciech Duczmal

935

Russia
Anna Smolentseva

951

South Africa
Chika Trevor Sehoole

971

Spain
Jose-Gines Mora

993

Turkey
Hasan Simsek

1003

United Kingdom
Michael Shattock

1019

United States
Peter D. Eckel and Jacqueline E. King

1035

About the Editors

1055

About the Contributors

1057

Index

1069

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Each chapter in this Handbook is the product of thoughtful research and analysis,
and we offer our sincere thanks to the authors for their hard work and commitment to
excellence. Thanks to their efforts, this collection will clearly serve as a central resource
for many years to come. A particular word of appreciation is owed to Harold Perkin, a
British social historian who passed away on October 16, 2004 at the age of 77, shortly
after submitting his chapter for this publication. We are honored to present his final
research product in this volume, and extend our sincere condolences to his family.
We are also grateful for the generous encouragement we have received from our professional colleagues and friends, many of whom continue to inspire us and our research.
Finally, and most importantly, our families have been constant sources of support and
understanding throughout the long and sometimes tedious process of editing. And to
the next generation of higher education students and scholars, we send our best wishes.
James J. F. Forest, West Point, NY
Philip G. Altbach, Boston College, MA
June 1, 2005

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