Western higher education in Asia and the Middle East politics, economics, and pedagogy

This multidisciplinary volume highlights the transformed nature of the relationship between higher education and society in the 21st century. In particular, it argues that the development of the global university, especially in the non-western world, has transformed the traditional understanding of...

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Other Authors: Gray, Kevin (Kevin W.) (Editor), Bashir, Hassan 1971- (Editor), Keck, Stephen (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD Lexington Books [2017]
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