What makes a professor? The answer depends on where in the world
you are. Winner of the CIHE Award for Significant Research on
International Higher Education by the Association for the Study of
Higher Education In the twenty-first century, universities
worldwide have found themselves thrust into a great "brain race" as
nations, both developed and developing, seek to enhance their place
in the global knowledge economy. As the concept of the de-localized
university-one that has radically expanded, perhaps even beyond
national borders-grows, competing nations have begun reshaping
aspects of their national systems to accommodate global standards
and metrics. In Professorial Pathways, Martin J. Finkelstein and
Glen A. Jones consider how academic careers vary in countries that
are fundamentally different in their organization and dynamics.
Building on 25 years of scholarship, the book confronts major
questions: What can we learn from the experience of other nations
as they seek to balance the seemingly contradictory imperatives of
expanding access and ensuring global competitiveness? What are the
implications of this rapidly changing policy environment for the
health of the academic professions on which university teaching and
scholarship depends? And how can we advance the comparative study
of higher education and, in particular, of the academic profession?
The volume brings together detailed case studies of the latest-and
ever-changing-educational developments in ten countries across
Europe (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia), Asia (China,
India, Japan), North America (United States, Canada), and South
America (Brazil). Essays written by respected scholars in the field
identify the major structural features of national higher education
systems and academic markets that directly shape academic work and
careers. Professorial Pathways will be of interest to anyone who
toils in the vineyards of comparative and international higher
education. Contributors: Elizabeth Balbachevsky, Martin J.
Finkelstein, N. Jayaram, Glen A. Jones, Barbara M. Kehm, Dan Mao,
Christine Musselin, Peter Scott, Fengqiao Yan, Akiyoshi Yonezawa,
Maria Yudkevich
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