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Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research 15 Joseph Zajda Val Rust Editors Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research Volume 15 Series Editor Joseph Zajda, Faculty of Education and Arts, School of Education, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia Editorial Board for the Series Professor Robert Arnove, Indiana University Professor Birgit Brock-Utne, University of Oslo Professor Martin Carnoy, Stanford University Professor Lyn Davies, University of Birmingham Professor Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki Professor Karen Evans, University of London Professor Kassie Freeman, Alcorn State University Professor Andreas Kazamias, University of Wisconsin Professor Leslie Limage, UNESCO Professor MacLeans Geo-JaJa, Brigham Young University Professor Nikolai Nikandrov, President, Russian Academy of Education (Moscow) Professor Marcella Mollis, University of Buenos Aires Professor Susan Majhanovich, University of Western Ontario Professor Val Rust, UCLA, USA Advisory Board Professor Abdeljalil Akkari, University of Geneva Professor Beatrice Avalos, National Ministry of Education, Chile Sheng Yao Cheng, Chung Chen University Professor Kingsley Banya, Misericordia University Professor Karen Biraimah, University of Central Florida Professor David Chapman, University of Minnesota Professor David Gamage, University of Newcastle Professor Mark Ginsburg, University of Pittsburgh Professor Yaacov Iram, Bar Ilan University Professor Henry Levin, Teachers College Columbia University Professor Noel McGinn, Harvard University Professor David Phillips, Oxford University Professor Gerald Postglione, University of Hong Kong Professor Heidi Ross, Colgate University Professor M’hammed Sabour, University of Joensuu Professor Jurgen Schriewer, Humboldt University Professor Sandra Stacki, Hofstra University Professor Nelly Stromquist, University of Southern California Professor Carlos Torres, UCLA Professor David Willis, Soai University, Japan Aims & Scope The Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research series (volumes 13–24) aims to present a global overview of strategic comparative and international education policy statements on recent reforms and shifts in education globally, and offers new approaches to further exploration, development and improvement of comparative education and policy research globally. In general, the book Series seeks to address the nexus between comparative education, policy, reforms and forces of globalisation. The Series will present up-to date scholarly research on global trends in comparative education and policy research. The idea is to advance research and scholarship by providing an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information for researchers, policy-makers, college academics, and practitioners in the fi eld. Different volumes will provide substantive contributions to knowledge and understanding of comparative education and policy research globally. This new book series will offer major disciplinary perspectives from all world regions. More information about this series at h ttp://www.springer.com/series/6932 Joseph Zajda (cid:129) Val Rust Editors Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms Editors Joseph Zajda Val Rust Faculty of Education and Arts, School Education of Education University of California, Los Angeles Australian Catholic University Moore Hall, Hilgard Avenue East Melbourne Los Angeles, CA, USA VIC , Australia Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research ISBN 978-3-319-28190-2 ISBN 978-3-319-28191-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28191-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016930167 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T his work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by SpringerNature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland. To Rea, Nikolai, Sophie, Imogen, Belinda and Dorothy Foreword Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms , the fi fteenth book in the 24-volume book series G lobalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research , explores the interrelationship between ideology, the state and higher education reforms, set- ting it in a global context. By examining some of the major higher education reforms and policy issues in a global culture, particularly in the light of recent shifts in qual- ity and standards-driven education and policy research, the book aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the intersecting and diverse discourses of globalisation and policy-driven reforms in higher education. With this as its focus, the chapters represent hand-picked scholarly research on major discourses in the fi eld of higher education reforms. The book draws upon recent studies in the areas of globalisation, higher education transformations and the role of the state in higher education reforms. It critiques the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current higher educa- tion and policy reforms, and illustrates the way that shifts in the relationship between the state and higher education policy affect current trends in higher education reforms. Individual chapters critically assess the dominant discourses and debates on higher education and policy reforms. Using diverse comparative education para- digms from critical theory to historical-comparative research, the authors focus on globalisation, ideology and higher education reforms, and examine both the reasons and outcomes of higher education reforms and policy change. They provide a more informed critique of models of standards-driven higher education reforms, leagues tables of universities and entrepreneurial universities that are defi ned and informed by Western dominant ideologies and social values. The book also draws upon recent studies in the areas of equity, cultural capital and dominant models of universities rankings globally. Faculty of Education and the Arts Joseph Zajda Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus) , Melbourne , VIC , Australia vii Pref ace Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms (volume 15) in the 24-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research examines the nexus between ideology, culture and higher education reforms globally. Globalisation and the competitive market forces have generated a massive growth in the knowl- edge industries that are having profound effects on society and higher educational institutions. One of the effects of globalisation is that the higher education sector is compelled to embrace the corporate ethos of the effi ciency, performance and profi t- driven managerialism. As such, new entrepreneurial universities in the global cul- ture succumb to the economic gains offered by the neoliberal ideology, and university governance defi ned fundamentally by economic factors. Both governments, and universities, in their quest for global competiveness, excellence, quality and accountability in education, increasingly turn to interna- tional and comparative education data analysis. All agree that the major goal of education is to enhance the individual’s social and economic prospects. This can only be achieved by providing quality education for a ll . C learly, these new phenomena of globalisation have in different ways affected current developments in education and policy around the word. First, globalisation of policy, trade and fi nance has some profound implications for education and reform implementation. On the one hand, the periodic economic crises (e.g. the 1980s, the fi nancial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the Global Financial Crisis, or GEC in 2008) coupled with the prioritised policies of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (e.g. SAPs) have seriously affected some develop- ing nations and transitional economies in delivering quality education for all. Second, the policies of the Organisation for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD), UNESCO, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) operate as powerful forces, which, as supranational organisation, shape and infl uence education and policy around the world. By examining some of the major higher education reforms and policy develop- ments in a global culture, particularly in the light of recent shifts in higher education ix
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