RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education
Working Equal: Collaboration Among Academic Couples
1st Edition
Edited
By Elizabeth Creamer
December 14, 2000
Working Equal exposes the myth of heroic individualism that is central to contemporary western thought. With more than 35% of full-time faculty with a spouse or partner in the same profession, dual career couples are a growing presence in higher education in the U.S.. This compelling and innovative...
The Academic Corporation: A History of College and University Governing Boards
1st Edition
By Edwin D. Duryea, Donald T. Williams
April 27, 2000
This book, the first ever overview of the subject, traces the history of the government of higher education from the middle ages through the 1950's and concludes with a look towards the future. It provides insight into the origins and progression of corporate organization associated with western ...
Higher Education in Korea: Tradition and Adaptation
1st Edition
By Namgi Park, John Weidman
December 01, 1999
This definitive collection takes an in-depth look at the higher education system in Korea. The editors and contributors present a fundamentally Korean view of the important issues for the Korean higher education system. In systematic, well written essays, they construct theoretical perspectives to...
Crossing Customs: International Students Write on U.S. College Life and Culture
1st Edition
Edited
By 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 ...