RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
Crossing Customs: International Students Write on U.S. College Life and Culture
1st Edition
By Jay Davis, Andrew Garrod, Andrew Garrod, Jay Davis
April 01, 1999
In this collection of essays, 13 foreign exchange students write their compelling stories detailing their experiences studying at Dartmouth College. They not only convey their own joys and sorrows, but illuminate U.S. culture from a perspective not seen by many American students or citizens....
Higher Education in the Post-Communist World: Case Studies of Eight Universities
1st Edition
Edited
By Paula L. W. Sabloff
December 01, 1998
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reorientation of formerly communist countries to the global market system necessitated a restructuring of their educational systems. This book demonstrates how various countries have attempted to reform their higher educational systems to compete in ...
The Liberal Arts College Adapting to Change: The Survival of Small Schools
1st Edition
By Gary Bonvillian, Robert Murphy
March 01, 1996
Social, economic, and market conditions have posed a serious threat to the survival of small schools. This book focuses on the adaptation of small, private, and predominantly liberal arts colleges to the changing conditions and demands of higher education. The ability of small schools to remain a...
China's Universities, 1895-1995: A Century of Cultural Conflict
1st Edition
By Ruth Hayhoe
February 01, 1996
This first comprehensive account of Chinese higher education during the modern period examines the first hundred years of the development of universities in China, with special emphasis on the cultural patterns that shaped them in ways that differed from the development of Western universities. ...
Reform and Change in Higher Education: International Perspectives
1st Edition
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By James E. Mauch, Paula L. W. Sabloff
December 01, 1994
The relationship between governments and universities has vacillated between control and autonomy, symbiosis and laissez-faire, mutual respect and suspicion. This volume of original articles views the issues of higher-education reform within a contemporary and international context to see how ...