Overview

Higher Education operates in an increasingly global context, and yet the examination of what drives and moves the field has remained largely focused on domestic campus leaders, national governments and institutional actors. International Organizations and Higher Education Policy expands the analysis to include the global drivers behind higher education policy, including a full array of influential organizations such as the World Bank, UNESCO, OECD, WTO, bilateral aid agencies and major private foundations. The significance of these organizations is especially pronounced in the developing world, where the expansion of higher education is happening in conjunction with the broadening influence of globalization. International Organizations and Higher Education Policy critically analyses the impact that these influential organizations have at different levels of policy development and implementation around the world. It examines their role in higher education institutions, examines the strength of these relationships, and exposes both the positive and negative implications. This edited volume is composed of scholars and members of these organizations from around the world. They address: How international organizations represent the interests of the developed world and subsequently have an impact on the developing world. How these organizations drive and shape the global agenda for higher education How higher education as an international industry is subject to a myriad of influences, from the international to the regional level What ethical issues emerge when international organizations intervene in national policy-making processes.

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Author:   Roberta Malee Bassett (The World Bank, USA) ,  Alma Maldonado-Maldonado (University of Arizona, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9780415890830

ISBN 10:   0415890837
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   04 February 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Series’ Editor Introduction Introduction Part I. International Organizations and the Field of Higher Education 1. Higher Education: An Emerging Field of Research and Policy, Philip G. Altbach, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College (USA) Part II. Multilateral Organizations: The Internal and External Voices 2. UNESCO: The World’s Reference Point for Change in Higher Education, Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, UNESCO, Paris (France) 3. UNESCO and Higher Education: Opportunity or Impasse? Karen Mundy and Meggan Madden, OISE, University of Toronto (Canada) 4. OECD Work on the Internationalization of Higher Education: An Insider Perspective, Tom Schuller, Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning (UK) and Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, OECD (France) 5. The OECD and its Influence in Higher Education: A Critical Revision, Alberto Amaral, University of Porto and Guy Neave, Centro de Investigacão de Politicas de Ensino Superior, CIPES (Portugal) 6. Transforming Higher Education in Developing Countries: The Role of the World Bank, Jamil Salmi, Richard Hopper, and Roberta Malee Bassett, The World Bank, Washington, DC (USA) 7. Market Multilateralism, the World Bank Group, and the Asymmetries of Globalizing Higher Education: Toward a Critical Political Economy Analysis, Susan L. Robertson, Centre for Globalisation, Societies and Education, University of Bristol (UK) 8. GATS and Education Services: Current Commitments and Future Prospects, Aik Hoe Lim and Dale Honeck, The World Trade Organization (Switzerland) Part III. Regional Actors: Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America 9. Higher Education in Africa: The Dynamics of International Partnerships and Interventions, Damtew Teferra, The Ford Foundation, New York (USA) 10. International Organizations and Asian Higher Education: The case of China, Rui Yang, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong (China) 11. European Multinational Regimes and Higher Education Policy, José-Ginés Mora, Institute of Education, University of London (UK) and Juan Felix, CEGES, Technical University of Valencia (Spain) 12. International Organizations in Latin American Higher Education: Projects and Contradictions in the Post-World War II and Post-Washington Consensus Era, Ángel Díaz Barriga, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico) and Blanca Minerva Torres-Olave, University of Arizona (USA) Part IV. International Aid and Higher Education 13. American Foundations and Higher Education in Developing Countries: Shifting Rationales and Strategies for Support, Jorge Balán, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (Argentina) 14. Higher Education, Donor Organizations, Nation-States, and Development: The Public Donor Dimension in Africa, Peter Maassen, University of Oslo (Norway) and Nico Cloete, Center for Higher Education Transformation (South Africa) 15. International Organizations and Bilateral Aid: National Interests and Transnational Agendas, Alma Maldonado-Maldonado and Brendan Cantwell, University of Arizona (USA) List of Contributors Index

Reviews

The editors of this volume have given the international higher education community a valuable resource as we enter the second decade of the 21st century. This book has the potential to serve as a tool for nation states, regional consortiums, and international organizations as they consider their roles in the regulation, direction, and funding of higher education. I highly recommend it as a text in graduate-level courses in higher education and international education and could make the case that international organizations use the book as a resource to better navigate the sometimes difficult landscape of working with and understanding higher education on the national, regional, and global levels. --The Review of Higher Education, Volume 33, Number 4, Summer 2010, pp. 604-606

Author Information

Roberta Malee Bassett is currently serving as a higher education specialist with the World Bank, in Washington, DC. Alma Maldonado-Maldonado is assistant professor at the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona.

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