Higher Education Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Higher Education in Southeast Asia

   Blurring Borders, Changing Balance

   By Anthony Welch

   Series: Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia

   This is the first book to systematically chart and comparatively assess the trend towards private higher education in South East Asia. Caught between conflicting imperatives of spiralling demand, and limited resources, the balance between public and private higher education systems in South East,...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Universities and Global Diversity

   Preparing Educators for Tomorrow

   Edited by Beverly Lindsay, Wanda J. Blanchett

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This volume seeks to critically examine the nexus between globalization and diversity as it affects the preparation of professional educators on several continents, taking into account the extensive changes in economic, sociopolitical, and cultural dynamics within nations and regions that have...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
3. Balancing Dilemmas in Assessment and Learning in Contemporary Education

   Edited by Anton Havnes, Liz McDowell

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book focuses on dilemmas inherent in the practice of assessment in the contemporary context. New forms of assessment are being introduced in all sectors of education and training, and the culture of assessment is shifting. The authors in this volume discuss the practice of assessment,...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
4. Merit Aid and the Politics of Education

   By Erik C. Ness

   Series: Studies in Higher Education

   While a substantial number of studies have evaluated the effects of merit aid programs, there is a surprising lack of any systematic consideration of how states determine eligibility criteria for these scholarships. The selectivity of merit aid eligibility criteria can be as important as...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. Gender Inclusive Engineering Education

   By Julie Mills, Mary Elizabeth Ayre, Judith Gill

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Women continue to comprise a small minority of students in engineering education and subsequent employment, despite the numerous initiatives over the past 25 years to attract and retain more women in engineering. This book demonstrates the ways in which traditional engineering education has not...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Universities and the Public Sphere

   Knowledge Creation and State Building in the Era of Globalization

   Edited by Brian Pusser, Ken Kempner, Simon Marginson, Imanol Ordorika

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   Universities have been propelled into the center of the global political economy of knowledge production by a number of factors: mass education, academic capitalism, the globalization of knowledge, the democratization of communication in the era of the Internet, and the emergence of the knowledge...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Engaged University

   International Perspectives on Civic Engagement

   By David Watson, Robert Hollister, Susan E. Stroud, Elizabeth Babcock

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   The Engaged University is a comprehensive empirical account of the global civic engagement movement in higher education. In universities around the world, something extraordinary is underway. Mobilizing their human and intellectual resources, institutions of higher education are directly tackling...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. The Future University

   Ideas and Possibilities

   Edited by Ronald Barnett

   Series: International Studies in Higher Education

   As universities increasingly engage with the world beyond the classroom and the campus, those who work within higher education are left to examine how the university’s mission has changed. Official reviews and debates often forget to inquire into the purposes and responsibilities of universities,...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
9. Intercultural and Multicultural Education

   Enhancing Global Interconnectedness

   Edited by Carl A. Grant, Agostino Portera

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   By addressing intercultural and multicultural education in a global context, this volume brings together the dynamic discussions and lively debate of intercultural and multicultural education taking place across the world. Not content with discussion of theory or practice at the expense of the...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
10. Inhabiting the Borders

    Foreign Language Faculty in American Colleges and Universities

    By Robin Matross Helms

    Series: Studies in Higher Education

    Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge