Georgiana Mihut & Philip G. Altbach 
Understanding Global Higher Education [PDF ebook] 
Insights from Key Global Publications

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Access and Equity in Higher Education; Introduction; Global: What Is Wrong with Global Inequality in Higher Education?; Global: Affirmative Action Initiatives around the World; Global: Does Higher Education Expansion Equalize Income Distribution?; United States: Beyond Bars—Boosting Higher Education for Prisoners; Europe: Roma Face Deteriorating Prospects; China: Massification Has Increased Inequalities; Part 2: Diversification, Rankings, and Stratification; Introduction; Global: A Good National System of Higher Education: The Lessons of the U21 Rankings; Canada: Canada’s Egalitarian Debate; Africa: Get Rankings Right for Africa, University Leaders Urge; Africa: Harmonization and Tuning: Integrating Africa; Chile: A New Approach for Classifying Chilean Universities; United States: How to Revive the California Model; Part 3: Financing Higher Education; Introduction; Africa: South Africa and the Illusion of Free Higher Education; Europe: Different Approaches to Fees for International Students; Australia: Why I Support the Deregulation of Higher Education; Chile: Chilean Universities: Not So Tuition-Free after All; Croatia: Croatia’s New Linear Tuition System: Students’ Friend or Foe?; Part 4: Higher Education, the State, and the Market; Introduction; Global: What Makes a Good Higher Education Minister?; Global: The Economic and Noneconomic Benefits of Tertiary Education in Low-Income Contexts; Africa: Continent Needs Its Own Science Indicators; Europe: HE Chief Hopes Bundling Programmes Will Pull in More Learners; North America: From ‘Soft Power’ to ‘Economic Diplomacy’; Part 5: Higher Education in a World of Threats; Introduction; Global: Higher Education Conflict and Postconflict Conditions: Colombia and Kenya; Europe: The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Higher Education; Europe: A European Qualifications Passport for Refugees; Global: Research Drives Understanding and Disruption of Work of ISIS; Pakistan: The Philosophical Battle for Campus Security; Nigeria: Boko Haram Fear Grips Campuses, Displaces Students; Japan: Where Is Japan Headed after the Earthquake?; United States: Guns Should Be Banned from Campus; Part 6: Information and Communications Technology and Distance Education; Introduction; Global: Yes, MOOC Is the Global Higher Education Game Changer; Global: Relax – Higher Education Won’t Be Killed by MOOCs; Global: MOOCs as Neocolonialism: Who Controls Knowledge?; Global: More Work Needed in Blending Online and Onsite Learning; Developing Countries: MOOCs in the Developing World: Hope Or Hype?; Global: Move Over MOOCs – Collaborative MOOC 2.0 Is Coming; Africa: Closing the Digital Gap in African Higher Education; Africa: Building on Digital Libraries’ Growing Momentum; Part 7: Reflections on Higher Education and Its Mission; Introduction; Europe: The European Medieval Universities, from the Past and Today; Global: The Misuses of the University; Africa: Developing Civic-Minded University Graduates; Africa: The Case for Developmental Universities; Australia: Critical Scholarship in a Hostile Climate: Academics and the Public; Part 8: The Centrality and Crisis of the Academic Profession and the Student Experience; Introduction; Global: Where Academics Are Hounded as ‘Enemies’ of the State; Global: University Autonomy and Academic Freedom: A Historical Perspective; Arab World: Academic Freedom Key to Being World Class; Latin America: Crisis and Homesickness: A New Opportunity for Brain Gain in Latin America?; Global: Student Activism Remains a Potent Force Worldwide; Global: How to Develop a Sense of Belonging; South Korea: Student Stress Fuels Suicides as Standards Rise; Part 9: Unethical Behavior in Higher Education; Introduction; Global: The Corruption of Ethics in Higher Education; Global: Combating Unethical Behavior in Higher Education; Global: Addicted to Success; Africa: What Can Be Done to Tackle Corruption?; East Asia: Corruption Undermines Rise of East Asian Universities; Russia: The Unified State Exam in Russia: Problems and Perspectives; About the Contributors.