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The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession

The BRICs and the United States

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Editors:
  1. Philip G. Altbach

    1. Center of International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

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  2. Gregory Androushchak

    1. National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia

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  3. Yaroslav Kuzminov

    1. National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia

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  4. Maria Yudkevich

    1. National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia

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  5. Liz Reisberg

    1. Reisberg & Associates, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Prospects for the BRICs: The New Academic Superpowers?

    • Philip G. Altbach
    Pages 1-27

  3. Higher Education, the Academic Profession, and Economic Development in Brazil

    • Simon Schwartzman
    Pages 28-55

  4. Changing Realities: Russian Higher Education and the Academic Profession

    • Gregory Androushchak, Yaroslav Kuzminov, Maria Yudkevich
    Pages 56-92

  5. India: Streamlining the Academic Profession for a Knowledge Economy

    • N. Jayaram
    Pages 93-125

  6. The Chinese Academic Profession: New Realities

    • Wanhua Ma, Jianbo Wen
    Pages 126-159

  7. The Changing American Academic Profession

    • Martin J. Finkelstein, Kevin W. Iglesias
    Pages 160-198

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 199-206
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About this book

This is the first book to critically analyze the future of higher education systems in the four BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - and the USA, analyzing academic salaries, contracts and working conditions and how national policy will affect the academic profession in each context.

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"policymakers and ... those interested in global issues in higher education, including scholars in international and comparative higher education, will find a wealth of interesting facts and comparisons in this volume." - Higher Education

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center of International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

    Philip G. Altbach

  • National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia

    Gregory Androushchak, Yaroslav Kuzminov, Maria Yudkevich

  • Reisberg & Associates, USA

    Liz Reisberg

About the editors

Martin J. Finkelstein, Seton Hall University, USA Kevin W. Iglesias, Seton Hall University, USA N. Jayaram, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, India Ma Wanhua, Center for International Higher Education at Peking University, China Simon Schwartzman, Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade, Brazil Wen Jianbo, Central University of Finance and Economics, China

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession

  • Book Subtitle: The BRICs and the United States

  • Editors: Philip G. Altbach, Gregory Androushchak, Yaroslav Kuzminov, Maria Yudkevich, Liz Reisberg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230369795

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Education Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-36978-8Published: 05 February 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-49361-3Published: 05 February 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-36979-5Published: 05 February 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 206

  • Topics: Higher Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Sociology, general

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