Books in the Issues in Higher Education series

This guide to global education policy looks at the role of the OECD in co-ordinating and changing education policy, making clear how processes of persuasion may work. Aspects such as ideological tensions, and the politics of educational factors are also considered.

Based on field research carried out over a two year period, this book describes processes of transformation that took place over a fifteen year period in five European universities. Five common features identified - described as "organizational pathways of transformation" - are highlighted and used to frame the case-study accounts.

This collection offers an authoritative, up-to-date commentary on the challenges facing higher education today across both the UK and internationally. The book charts the impact of global economic trends and recent policy developments for students, academics, providers and changing course provision.

This collection, now in paperback, explores how universities are coping with the range of reforms and changes taking place across higher education today.