Global inequalities and higher education: whose interests are we serving?

Examines how higher education has contributed to widening inequalities and might contribute to change. By exploring questions of access, finance and pedagogy, it considers global higher education as a space for understanding the promises and pressures associated with competing demands for economic growth, equity, sustainability and democracy. INDICE: PART I: MAPPING INEQUALITIES CONCEPTUALLY Educating the Other: Standpoint and Theory on the 'Internationalization' of Higher Education Global Learning in a Neo-liberal Age: Implications for Development Equality and Equity in Higher Education Pedagogies in the Context of Globalisation PART II: SOME DIMENSIONS OF INEQUALITIES Global Rankings of Universities: A Perverse and Present Burden Public-private Substitution in Higher Education Funding and Kondratiev Cycles: The Impact on Home and International Students The inter-relationship of Employment, Marriage and Higher Education Among Pakistani Students in the UK Globalisation Perspectives and Cultural Exclusion in Mexican Higher Education PART III: STRUGGLING FOR EQUALITY Pedagogy for Rich Human Being-ness in Global Times Tackling Inequality Through Quality: A Comparative Case Study Exploring University Teachers' Views Development Education, Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship and Higher Education: Towards a Transformatory Approach to Learning Globalisation and the Professional Ethic of the Professoriat

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22351-6
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 18/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés