書目名稱 | Higher Education in the BRICS Countries | 副標題 | Investigating the Pa | 編輯 | Simon Schwartzman,Rómulo Pinheiro,Pundy Pillay | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/427/426924/426924.mp4 | 概述 | First systematic comparative investigation of higher education developments across the BRICS region.Pursues a novel approach by looking, in-depth, to a select number of key dimensions underpinning the | 叢書名稱 | Higher Education Dynamics | 圖書封面 |  | 描述 | .In spite of the increasing attention attributed to the rise in prominence of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries, few studies have looked at the ways in which broader social expectations with respect to the role of higher education across the BRICS have changed, or not, in recent years. Our point of departure is that, contrary to the conventional wisdom focusing on functionalistic perspectives, higher education systems are not just designed by governments to fulfill certain functions, but have a tendency for evolving in a rather unpredictable fashion as a result of the complex interplay between a number of internal and external factors. In reality, national higher education systems develop and change according to a complex process that encompasses the expectations of governmental agencies, markets, the aspirations of the population for the benefits of education, the specific institutional traditions and cultures of higher education institutions, and,increasingly so, the interests and strategies of the private firms entering and offering services in the higher education market. This basically means that it is of outmost importance to move away from c | 出版日期 | Book 2015 | 關(guān)鍵詞 | BRICS; Benefits of education; Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa; Institutional traditions a | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9570-8 | isbn_softcover | 978-94-024-0014-4 | isbn_ebook | 978-94-017-9570-8Series ISSN 1571-0378 Series E-ISSN 2215-1923 | issn_series | 1571-0378 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 |
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