Higher Education Public Good and Markets

This book critically examines some of the major trends in the development of higher education. It demonstrates how in the context of liberalisation, globalisation and marketisation, the crisis in higher education has assumed different dimensions in all advanced and emerging societies. The author shows how the state tends to slowly withdraw from <p><em>List of tables. List of figures. </em><em>Acknowledgements.</em> Introduction <strong>1. </strong>Higher Education: A Public Good or a Commodity for Trade? Commitment <i>to</i> Higher Education or Commitment <i>of</i> Higher Education to Trade <strong>2. </strong>Higher Education between the State and the Market <strong>3. </strong>Are We Marching Towards Laissez-faireism in Higher Education Development? <strong>4. </strong>Lessons from Cost Recovery in Education <strong>5. </strong>Financing of Higher Education: Traditional <i>versus</i> Modern Approaches<strong>6. </strong>Privatization of Higher Education <strong>7. </strong>Current Trends in Private Sector in Higher Education in Asia <strong>8. </strong>Higher Education in BRIC Countries: Comparative Patterns and Policies <strong>9. </strong>Economics of Internationalisation of Higher Education <strong>10. </strong>Social Control on Higher Education <strong>11.</strong> Higher Education and Development in Asia <strong>12. </strong>Universities: An Endangered Species?. <i>Index</i></p>