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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Roger KingPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.524kg ISBN: 9781847207395ISBN 10: 1847207391 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 June 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Globalization and Regulatory Governance 1. Universities in the Globalizing World 2. World Models of University Governance 3. Global Regulatory Governance 4. Transnational Governance in Higher Education Systems: Europe and the OECD Part II: Standards, Models and Rankings 5. University League Tables 6. The Impact of Rankings on Institutional Behaviour and Policies 7. Global Rankings and Regulating the World-class University 8. Conclusion: Global Regulatory Futures Bibliography IndexReviews'Governing Universities Globally demonstrates a range of pressures, normative internationalisation, powerful networked concepts and soft regulation which do more to shape our higher education system than the professionals who work in the system realise. So this is a timely book... We should be grateful to Professor King for showing us that there is so powerful an alternative source of policy drivers for the higher education system than simply being left to our own devices.' -- Michael Shattock, London Review of Education 'Governing Universities Globally provides a comprehensive account of higher education in the world today and successfully demonstrates how the study of universities now needs to acknowledge to the global environment.' -- Andrew Steven Gunn, Political Studies `Governing Universities Globally demonstrates a range of pressures, normative internationalisation, powerful networked concepts and soft regulation which do more to shape our higher education system than the professionals who work in the system realise. So this is a timely book. . . We should be grateful to Professor King for showing us that there is so powerful an alternative source of policy drivers for the higher education system than simply being left to our own devices.' -- Michael Shattock, London Review of Education `Governing Universities Globally provides a comprehensive account of higher education in the world today and successfully demonstrates how the study of universities now needs to acknowledge to the global environment.' -- Andrew Steven Gunn, Political Studies "'Governing Universities Globally demonstrates a range of pressures, normative internationalisation, powerful networked concepts and ""soft"" regulation which do more to shape our higher education system than the professionals who work in the system realise. So this is a timely book. . . We should be grateful to Professor King for showing us that there is so powerful an alternative source of policy drivers for the higher education system than simply being left to our own devices.' -- Michael Shattock, London Review of Education 'Governing Universities Globally provides a comprehensive account of higher education in the world today and successfully demonstrates how the study of universities now needs to acknowledge to the global environment.' -- Andrew Steven Gunn, Political Studies" Author InformationRoger King, Visiting Professor, School of Management, University of Bath, UK Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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