Books in the RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education series

How virtual post-secondary educational organizations (popularly called virtual universities) function is the central subject of this new book based on a comparative case study of five US-based institutions.

An exploration of the effects of the recent political upheavals in Central and Eastern Europe on the scientific and technological establishment in those areas. The volume is part of the GARLAND STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION series.

Providing critical as well as pragmatic analysis, this volume examines the education programs that form an integral part of U. S. community colleges and their models abroad. The book's 15 original essays examine a variety of international and inter/multicultural education programs at selected North American community colleges and explore how the U. S. community college model is utilized in other nations. The book includes 11 tables/charts, three maps, four diagrams/figures and a subject index.

This book explores the resource allocation process in contemporary private research universities through six richly detailed case studies.

Examines how programs and structures at historically white universities have responded to the increasing enrollment of black students since the enactment of the Universities Amendment Act in 1983.

Examines a university model for social change, the University of Central America JosT Sime=n Ca as (UCA) in El Salvador. Reviews the historical, social, economic, and political context of El Salvador, and examines factors such as liberation theology and political events that contributed to UCA's fo

Billie Dziech wrote "The Lecherous Professor" in 1984; articulating the problem of sexual harassment on college campuses. This work reflects on a variety of aspects of sexual harassment, its litigation and law.

The topic of university and college teaching in the study of higher education is the focus of this text. Providing a broad perspective, it examines preparation, assessment, and reward from cross-cultural perspectives and explores the cultural and social influences that affect these dimensions.

Drawing from a case study of the Universidad Nacional Aut'onoma de Mexico, this work analyses the connection between political processes and change in higher education.

This book examines the technology that is transferred in Mexico's Silicon Valley and the role that institutions of higher education and foreign electronics companies play in the process.

A comprehensive analysis of higher education in Canada describing its development since 1945 according to provincial/territorial jurisdiction. The 20 contributors discuss the evolution of postsecondary education within the contexts of political, cultural, and social dimensions, highlighting the dif

This study focuses on the national higher education policies and institutional strategies that foster or hinder individual Russian universities in applying newfound principles of autonomy.

A comprehensive account of Chinese higher education during the modern period in the GARLAND STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. The author examines the first 100 years of the development of Chinese universities, emphasising the cultural patterns that shaped them in contrast to the development of Western universities.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes the relationship between higher education, the economy, and government in the development of a democratic and market economy society in select emerging market countries.

These essays describe the Korean higher education system, provide data heretofore unavailable in the English language, and present a fundamentally Korean view of the important issues in that country's higher education system.

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.