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American universities in a global market / edited by Charles T. Clotfelter

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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Copyright Date
©2010
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1 online resource (xi, 413 pages) : illustrations
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Clotfelter, Charles T.
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Contents
Storm clouds for American higher education? -- Is the U.S. losing its preeminence in higher education? / James D. Adams -- To be or not to be: major choices in budding scientists / Eric Bettinger -- Universities as firms in a global market -- Coming to America: where do international doctorate students study and how do U.S. universities respond? / John Bound and Sarah Turner -- The economics of university science and the role of foreign graduate students and postdoctoral scholars / Grant C. Black and Paula E. Stephan -- Universities as firms: the case of U.S. overseas programs / E. Han Kim and Min Zhu -- Emulation and competition abroad -- The structure of European higher education in the wake of the Bologna reforms / Ofer Malamud -- The Americanization of European higher education and research / Lex Borghans and Frank Cörvers -- Higher education in China : complement or competition to U.S. universities? / Haizheng Li -- Indian higher education / Devesh Kapur -- From brain drain to brain competition: changing opportunities and the career patterns of U.S.-trained Korean academics / Sunwoong Kim -- Looking ahead -- What does global expansion of higher education mean for the U.S.? / Richard B. Freeman.
Summary
In recent years, America's position of leadership in the world has been challenged in many ways. One significant shift is that the country's position as the preeminent global leader in higher education, particularly in the fields of science and technology, has come into question. American Universities in a Global Market addresses the variety of issues crucial to understanding this change.
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ISBN
9780226110455 (electronic bk.)
0226110451 (electronic bk.)
1282754009
9781282754003
9780226110448 (alk. paper)
0226110443 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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