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State and Market in Higher Education Reforms

Trends, Policies and Experiences in Comparative Perspective

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  1. Hans G. Schuetze

    1. The University of British Columbia, Canada

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  2. Germán Álvarez Mendiola

    1. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Mexico

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  3. Diane Conrad

    1. Athabasca University, Canada

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  • Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in Scope

Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices (CIEDV, volume 13)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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    1. Introduction

      • Hans G. Schuetze, Germán Álvarez Mendiola
      Pages 1-5

    2. State and Market in Higher Education Reforms

      • Germán Álvarez Mendiola
      Pages 7-23

    3. State and Market in Higher Education

      • Rollin Kent
      Pages 25-39

  3. The Americas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Marketizing Canadian Higher Education

      • Dale Kirby
      Pages 43-55

    4. Context and Regulation Matter

      • Juan Carlos Silas Casillas
      Pages 69-78

    5. Change or Continuity in The Mexican Private Sector?

      • Angélica Buendía Espinosa
      Pages 79-95

    6. State, Market and Organizational Inertia

      • Ana García De Fanelli
      Pages 97-111

  5. Asia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 166-166
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    2. “Walking on Two Legs”

      • Qiang Zha
      Pages 167-180

    3. Marketization in Chinese Higher Education

      • Fengliang Zhu, Sumin Li
      Pages 181-199

    4. Higher Education Reforms in Japan

      • Shinichi Yamamoto
      Pages 201-211

  6. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Concluding Reflections. Between Humboldt and Newman

      • Wietse De Vries, Maria Slowey
      Pages 215-223
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About this book

Universities have never been static. Even so, it is fair to say they have experienced a most radical transformation in the past twenty years. During this period, the role and responsibility of the state generally have been broadly limited while allowing ‘market forces’--private ownership and control--more influence. But even where the state is still the main provider or funder, it relies increasingly on ‘market mechanisms’, for example contractual relations between state and institutions, competition among providers for resources, and external assessment of ‘outputs’ which means the results or impact of what universities do, in particular teaching and research. The new terminology speaks of price and competition, inputs and outputs, resources, cost and benefits, demand and supply, provider and customer, consumers and investors, quality control and accountability. Education, and post-secondary education especially are increasingly seen as matters for markets. Formal post-secondary education becomes a service, commercialized and traded across national borders. This volume on changing relationship between state and market, contains, besides an introductory analytic overview of the issues, accounts from different countries, regions, and thematic perspectives. Chapter authors describe and analyze government reforms and other developments that have directly or indirectly affected this relationship. Although the geographical focus is on North America, especially Mexico, South East Asia and Europe, the phenomenon is not limited to these regions and countries but worldwide.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of British Columbia, Canada

    Hans G. Schuetze

  • Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Mexico

    Germán Álvarez Mendiola

  • Athabasca University, Canada

    Diane Conrad

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: State and Market in Higher Education Reforms

  • Book Subtitle: Trends, Policies and Experiences in Comparative Perspective

  • Editors: Hans G. Schuetze, Germán Álvarez Mendiola, Diane Conrad

  • Series Title: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-800-1

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6091-800-1Published: 05 September 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2214-9880

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-9899

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 235

  • Topics: Education, general

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