Higher Education in a Global Society

Presents research into the consequences of difference and diversity for higher education. This volume identifies challenges and opportunities that diversity poses for higher education. It provides international comparisons of how diversity affects higher education and of the salience and impact of diversity in higher education.

List of contents

Section Headings: Diversity Policies and National Contexts. Obstacles to Diversity: Examining the Educational Pipeline. Institutional Change and the Transformative Potential of the University. Innovation and Diversity: New Horizons in Higher Education.

Summary

Presents research into the consequences of difference and diversity for higher education. This volume identifies challenges and opportunities that diversity poses for higher education. It provides international comparisons of how diversity affects higher education and of the salience and impact of diversity in higher education.

Product details

• Assisted by: Walter R. Allen (Editor), Marguerite Bonous-Hammarth (Editor), Robert Teranishi (Editor)
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2006
• EAN: 9780762311828
• ISBN: 978-0-7623-1182-8
• No. of pages: 494
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 901 g
• Series: Advances in Education in Diver
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system