Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe. 2016. The Transformation of Global Higher Education, 1945-2015. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Abstract: "This book explores some of the major forces and changes in higher education across the world between 1945 and 2015. This includes the explosions of higher education institutions and enrollments, a development captured by the notion of massification. There were also profound shifts in the financing and economic role of higher education reflected in the processes of privatization of universities and curricula realignments to meet the shifting demands of the economy. Moreover, the systems of knowledge production, organization, dissemination, and consumption, as well as the disciplinary architecture of knowledge underwent significant changes. Internationalization emerged as one of the defining features of higher education, which engendered new modes, rationales, and practices of collaboration, competition, comparison, and commercialization. External and internal pressures for accountability and higher education’s value proposition intensified, which fuelled struggles over access, affordability, relevance, and outcomes that found expression in the quality assurance movement."

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June 8, 2018 - 4:23pm

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Angela Okune: This 2016 book by Paul Zeleza seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the development of higher education across different world regions from the end of World War II to the present.

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English

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Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, "Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe. 2016. The Transformation of Global Higher Education, 1945-2015. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.", contributed by Angela Okune and Angela Okune, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 8 June 2018, accessed 29 March 2024. https://worldpece.org/content/zeleza-paul-tiyambe-2016-transformation-global-higher-education-1945-2015-new-york-palgrave