Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms

Foreword.- Preface.- Contributors.- 1. Globalisation and Neo-Liberal Education Reforms in the Knowledge Society.- Part 1: Higher Education Reforms in the USA.- 2. Higher Education and the Discourse on Global Competition: Vernacular Approaches within Higher Education Policy Documents.- 3. New Developments in Global University Rankings.- 4. Higher Education Engagements and Economic Participation: Divide and Conquer.- 5. University Social and Public Engagement: Creative Nexuses for STEM Research and International Relations.- 6. Investing in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): "Frenemy" Risk and Information Quality.- Part 2: Higher Education Reforms: An International Perspective.- 7. Expansion and Curtailing in Finnish Higher Education between 1950-2015: The Impact of Economy, Politics and Regional Policy on the Higher Education Network; 8. Paradigm Shift in Higher Education: Learning, Internationalisation and Development.- 9. Higher Education Reforms and Center-Periphery Dilemmas: Ukrainian Universities between Neo-Soviet and Neo-Liberal Contestations.- 10. Neo-liberalism and Higher Education Reforms: The Russian Federation.- 11. Globalisation Higher Education Reforms: Israel.- 12. Globalisation and Higher Education Policy Reforms.- Index.