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Zusatztext " The Great Brain Race is a very interesting book, with a review of experiences of many experiments being carried out in various countries and by universities across the globe.Those who are engaged in higher education business at global level could find the book extremely perceptive, insightful and engaging." ---Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, Journal of Educational Planning & Administration Informationen zum Autor Ben WildavskyWith a new preface by the author Klappentext " The Great Brain Race takes the reader to university campuses around the globe in order to powerfully make the case that open borders are as--and perhaps more--important in education as they are in trade and economics. You can't understand the way the world will work in this coming century without understanding the phenomenon Wildavsky reveals here. The Great Brain Race is an enormous contribution to the discussion." --Judy Woodruff, PBS Newshour "Ben Wildavsky has given us the most thorough and penetrating account to date of how globalization is transforming higher education around the world. The details are rich and compelling, and Wildavsky's judgments are, in my opinion, unerring." --Richard C. Levin, president, Yale University "In this masterful account, Ben Wildavsky documents the emergence of a global academic marketplace that will inevitably kindle protectionist anxieties in the established powers--but that will also spur research and innovation, boost economic growth, and solidify meritocratic values in emerging nations. At last this aspect of globalization gets the attention it deserves." --Sebastian Mallaby, Council on Foreign Relations "No leader in a global business can ignore the increasingly international brain exchange that this book describes. Wildavsky convincingly contends that the spread of academic excellence internationally and a free trade in minds is to be celebrated rather than feared. This is a must read for anyone in the global race for talent." --Andrew Witty, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline "Ben Wildavsky has written an engaging primer on the world of international higher education." --Philip G. Altbach, Director of the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College Zusammenfassung Presents an account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education - and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared....
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Ben Wildavsky
With a new preface by the author
