Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education: Global Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, Laura E. Rumbley (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 279
Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Academic Inbreeding: Local Challenge, Global Problem....Pages 1-16
Academic Inbreeding: State of the Literature....Pages 17-44
Academic Inbreeding in the Argentine University: A Systemic and Organizational Analysis....Pages 45-72
Faculty Inbreeding in China: Status, Causes, and Results....Pages 73-98
Inbreeding in Japanese Higher Education: Inching Toward Openness in a Globalized Context....Pages 99-129
Academic Immobility and Inbreeding in Russian Universities....Pages 130-155
Slovenia: The Slow Decline of Academic Inbreeding....Pages 156-181
Academic Inbreeding: The South African Case....Pages 182-205
Academic Inbreeding in Spanish Universities: Perverse Effects in a Global Context....Pages 206-227
Academic Inbreeding in Ukraine....Pages 228-258
Back Matter....Pages 259-264

✦ Subjects

Higher Education; Education Policy; Administration, Organization and Leadership; Sociology of Education; Sociology of Education; Social Structure, Social Inequality

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