Higher Education in the Developing World : Changing Contexts and Institutional Responses.

Cover -- HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- Series Foreword -- Part I Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 1 The Changing Context of Higher Education in the Developing World -- THE RENEWED INTEREST IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- SEEKING A NEW BALANCE IN GOVERNMENT-UNIVERSITY RELATIONSHIPS -- COPING WITH CHALLENGES OF GREATER AUTONOMY -- ACHIEVING EQUITY WHILE MANAGING EXPANSION -- NEW PRESSURES AND FORMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY -- SUPPORTING ACADEMIC STAFF IN NEW ROLES -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 Higher Education at a Turning Point -- THE NEW CHALLENGES -- Economic Globalization -- The Increasing Importance of Knowledge -- The Information and Communication Revolution -- IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION -- Changing Training and Needs -- New Forms of Competition -- Changes in Structures and Modes of Operation -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Part II Seeking a New Balance in Government-University Relationships -- Chapter 3 Universities in Transition: Privatization, Decentralization, and Institutional Autonomy as National Policy with Special Reference to the Russian Federation -- UNIVERSITIES, CHANGE, AND THE STATE -- PRIVATIZATION -- Mission or Purpose -- Ownership -- Source of Revenue -- Expenditure Controls -- Regulations or Controls over Other-Than-Expenditures -- Norms of Management and Governance -- DECENTRALIZATION -- Decentralization of Authority: Over What, To What? -- Decentralization in the Russian Federation -- INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY -- University Autonomy in Russia -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 Flight from Freedom: Resistance to Institutional Autonomy in Brazil's Federal Universities -- BRAZILIAN CORPORATISM -- THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM -- THE CURRENT CRISIS IN BRAZILIAN HIGHER EDUCATION.

CORPORATISM, DEPENDENCE ON THE STATE, AND POLITICAL IMPASSE -- Corporatism -- The Faculty -- The Students -- The Functionaries -- The University's Central Administration -- Dependence on the State -- THE PROSPECTS FOR REFORM: WHO TAKES THE HIT? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 When Goals Collide: Higher Education in Laos -- OVERVIEW-HIGHER EDUCATION IN LAO PDR -- HIGHER EDUCATION AS A SYMBOL OF NATIONAL IDENTITY AND INTERNATIONAL PRESTIGE -- UNIVERSITY EFFORTS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION -- INTERNATIONAL DONORS' AND UNIVERSITY LEADERS' EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THE RELEVANCE AND QUALITY OF UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTION -- A SUMMARY OF THE LAO SITUATION-SYMBOLIC NEEDS, TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS -- BROADER IMPLICATIONS-LESSONS THAT TRAVEL -- Reexamining the Relationship of the University to Government -- Reexamining the Relationship of Faculty to the University -- THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS -- In Summary -- REFERENCES -- Part III Coping with the Challenges of Greater Autonomy -- Chapter 6 Current Challenges and Future Possibilities for the Revitilization of Higher Education in Africa -- IMPORTANT TRENDS AND CONTEXTUAL FEATURES -- Massification -- Privatization -- Globalization -- Changing Government-University Relationships -- Additional Challenges Facing Higher Education in Developing Countries -- POSTINDEPENDENCE HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTS IN AFRICA -- Uganda -- The Sudan -- Nigeria -- Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) -- National Higher Education Systems in Francophone Africa -- Cameroon -- Guinea -- Mali -- Senegal -- Cote d'Ivoire -- REJUVENATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA -- South Africa -- Makerere University-The Quiet Revolution in Uganda -- Alternative Financial Strategies -- Demand-Driven Courses -- New Management Structures -- Autonomy -- Nigeria -- REVITALIZING UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 7 Higher Education and the State in Mongolia: Dilemmas of Democratic Transition -- THE MONGOLIAN CONTEXT -- ONGOING POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS -- ONGOING EDUCATIONAL TRANSITIONS -- THE TRANSITION FROM TOTAL STATE CONTROL TO SYSTEM AUTONOMY -- Finance -- Student Admission -- Governance -- Accreditation -- HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: A FRAMEWORK -- HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN TRANSITIONAL COUNTRIES -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Chinese Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century: Expansion, Consolidation, and Globalization -- A HALF CENTURY OF REFORM: FROM A PLANNED TO A MARKET ECONOMY -- EXPANSION: FINANCE, PRIVATIZATION, AND THE BANKING SECTOR -- CONSOLIDATION: ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EFFICIENCY, AFFORDABILITY, AND LOANS -- THE NEW SUB-DEGREE SECTOR: COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY -- THE CORE FUNCTIONS: THE COST OF THEIR PRESERVATION AND VITALITY -- ACADEMIC STAFF IN TWO CITIES -- THE GLOBAL DIMENSIONS: STAFF PERSPECTIVES, TRADE OF SERVICES, TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE WITH NATIONAL BRICKS AND MORTAR -- REFERENCES -- Part IV Achieving Equity While Managing Expansion -- Chapter 9 Equity Effects of Higher Education in Developing Countries: Access, Choice, and Persistence -- EFFECTS OF EXPANSION ON EQUITY -- Raising Tuition and Fees to Pay for the Expansion -- EXPANDING UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENTS DRIVEN BY EQUITY CONCERNS -- CONTINUING PROBLEMATIC ISSUES RELATING TO EQUITY -- Access to Higher Education -- Socioeconomic Status -- Gender -- Rural Location of Students -- Educational Attributes of Students -- Access to an Academic Curriculum -- Access to Private Tutoring -- Effects on Access of Changing Labor Markets -- Effect of Changing Wage Rates on Access.

Choice Making within Higher Education -- Persistence and Completion in Higher Education -- UNRESOLVED ISSUES RELATING TO EQUITY -- Supply Policies -- Demand Policies -- REFERENCES -- Part V New Pressures and Forms of Accountability -- Chapter 10 Quality Assurance for Higher Education: Shaping Effective Policy in Developing Countries -- DEFINING OBJECTIVES -- ADDRESSING BROAD QUESTIONS -- CHOOSING SPECIFIC OUTCOMES -- UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES IN QUALITY -- Sufficient Capacity -- Effectiveness -- Efficiency -- PUTTING QUALITY INTO PERSPECTIVE -- SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Part VI Supporting Academic Staff in New Roles -- Chapter 11 Context for Higher Education Reform in China: An Analysis of Faculty Issues -- CONTEXT, CHALLENGES, AND TENSIONS -- Expansion of Higher Education -- Financial Reforms -- Administrative, Governance, and Structural Reforms -- Curriculum Reform -- FORCES IMPACTING CHANGE IN FACULTY WORKLIFE -- Faculty Manpower Needs -- Faculty Roles in Teaching, Research, and Governance -- Faculty Roles in Curriculum Development -- Faculty Needs for Laboratories and Equipment -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 Academic Staff in Times of Transformation: Roles, Challenges, and Professional Development Needs -- DEMANDS ON FACULTY MEMBERS -- CHANGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA -- The Roles of the University in Society -- Tight Fiscal Conditions -- Movement toward Democratizing Organizational Structures and Processes -- Broadening of Access -- Extensive Curricular Change -- Quality -- Challenges of Creating New Institutional Cultures -- SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF FACULTY MEMBERS -- Working with Diverse Students -- Moving from Teacher-Centered to Student-Centered Paradigms -- Engaging in Curriculum Design -- Using Technologies to Support Learning -- Addressing Quality Issues.

Ensuring One's Disciplinary Expertise -- Living and Working in a Changing Environment -- APPROACHES TO FACULTY DEVELOPMENT IN TIMES OF CHANGE -- In-House Institutional Strategies -- Topical Lunches -- Peer Partnerships -- Career Stage Groups -- Action Research -- Building Partnerships to Foster Faculty Development -- Teaching Fellows Partnerships -- Partnerships for Degree-Awarding Programs -- Exchanges and Team Visits -- SUPPORTING ACADEMIC STAFF AS PART OF A SYSTEMS APPROACH -- REFERENCES -- Part VII Conclusion, Lessons, and Directions -- Chapter 13 Balancing Pressures, Forming Partnerships -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Index -- About the Contributors.

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