Academic Mobility in a Changing World: Regional and Global Trends(Higher Education Policy)

Major political changes within the last few years have had a huge impact on international relationships and possibilities for travel. This book attempts to examine the political factors which are changing the context within which academic mobility occurs. The end of the Cold War has given rise to the political phenomenon of ethnicity and the disintegrtion of larger countries. At the same time, a wide variety of technological and sociological trends mean that our perception of the world goes beyond the boundaries of the state: computerisation and improved international communication and transportation mean that journeys to distant destinations can now be completed in an matter of hours, whilst our access to information has become almost instantaneous. Against this background, international institutions are increasingly valued for their role in matters on the traditional international agenda of peace and security. In its examination of the circumstances of academic mobility, the book looks at such areas as the internationalisation of higher education, world regionalism and educational exchange programmes.

Table of Contents:
Political Dimensions of Regionalisation in a Changing World, David Leyton-Brown; Economic Dimensions of Regionalism, Gary Hufbauer and Anup Malani; Cultural Dimensions of Regionalisation, Robert Picht; International Education from the Perspective of Emergent World Regionalism - The Academic, Scientific and Technological Dimension, Malcolm Skilbeck and Helen Connell; Developments in the Internationalisation of Higher Education in Europe, Gisela Baumgartz-Gangl; Regional Co-operation and Mobility in a Global Setting - The Example of the European Community, Alan Smith; Academic Mobility Programmes in a Regional Context. A German Viewpoint, Karl Roeloffs; East-West Mobility Within Europe - Trends and Issues, Ladislav Cerych; The Hungarian Experience of Academic Co-operation with North America and the EC, Tamas Lajos; Academic Mobility in Russia, S P Merkurlev; International Co-operation Activities of Canadian Universities: North America and other Current Trends, Eva Egron-Polak; The Future of Educational Exchange in North America - A View from the United States, Stanley N Katz; From Treat to Opportunity: A New Perspective for the Development of International Education in North America, Sylvia B Ortega Salazar; Academic Mobility and Exchange in Brazil, Eunice Ribeiro Durham; Japan and International Academic mobility in Asia and the pacific, Yoshiya Abe, Academic Mobility in South-East Asia and the role of Thai Higher Education, Wichit Srisa-An; International Education in Australia - Historical trends, Current Developments and challenges for the Future, Elisabeth Anderson; International Academic Co-operation in the Arab Region - Past Present and Future, Slah Morsi; Regional Co-operation and mobility in Higher Education - The Implications for Human Resource Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Relevance of Recent Initiatives in Europe, T L Maliyamkondo, Dar es Salaam, and Anthony Smallwood; Research on Academic Mobility and International Co-operation in Higher Education - An Agenda for the Future, Ulrich Teichler; Academic Mobility in a Changing World - Concluding Reflections on the issues at Stake, Craufurd D Goodwin.