Publications
The Center engages in research and publication on topics of importance to scholars and practitioners working with issues and trends in international higher education. The themes featured in our research include internationalization, the academic profession in global perspective, private higher education, trends in Asian higher education, African university development, global academic development, and others. The Center has a long list of published books, often released in collaboration with other publishers, highlighting our research. Directly below is the Center's current featured publication, followed by reports, books and series that were published in the current year, 2017. Past publications can be located in the 'Archives' section further below.
Featured publication
Altbach, P., Reisberg, L., Salmi, J., & Froumin, I. (Eds). (2018). Accelerated Universities: Ideas and Money Combine to Build Academic Excellence. Boston, MA: Brill.
During the past several decades, several “highly-resourced, accelerated research universities” have been established around the world to pursue—and achieve—academic and research excellence. These institutions are entirely new, not existing universities that were reconfigured. Accelerated Universities provides case studies of eight such universities and highlights the lessons to be learned from these examples. Each of the cases is written by someone involved with leadership at the early developmental stages of each university, and provides insights that only senior executives can illustrate. Accelerated Universities shows that visionary leadership and generous funding combined with innovative ideas can yield impressive results in a short time. Universities aspiring to recognition among the top tier of global institutions will find this book indispensable.
de Wit, H., Bernasconi, A., Car, V., Hunter, F., James, M., & Véliz, D. (Eds). (2018). Identity and Internationalization in Catholic Universities: Exploring Institutional Pathways in Context. Boston, MA: Brill.
Identity and Internationalization in Catholic Universities explores the relationship between Catholic identity, mission, and internationalization in Catholic universities of different types and located in different contexts. Internationalization is a key concern for universities working to achieve their goals in different regions of the world but without neglecting their identity. There are many universities that consider themselves related to the Roman Catholic faith and many other universities with Christian affiliations. It is well known that Catholic universities have unique missions, such as the formation of individuals inspired by a religious conviction to serve society and the church. That is why it is imperative to have empirical knowledge to help develop practical and effective policies on central themes such as internationalization, a fundamental part of many universities’ developmental strategies, while paying special attention to each university’s specific context. This book includes sixteen case studies from Latin America, the United States, the Asia Pacific, and Europe, and also includes chapters on regional perspectives on Catholic higher education as well as more specifically Jesuit higher education, the global network of La Salle universities, and internationalization in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific region, and Europe.
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International Higher Education (IHE) is the quarterly publication of the Center for International Higher Education.
IHE publishes insightful, informed, and high-quality commentary and analysis on trends and issues of importance to higher education systems, institutions, and stakeholders around the world. Each edition also includes short abstracts of new books and other publications of relevance to the global higher education community.
IHE's contributors are drawn largely from a network of distinguished international scholars, policymakers, and leaders, who are well-positioned to offer critical perspectives on key issues and trends that shape higher education worldwide.
IHE is published in English, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Vietnamese.
For our Russian edition, click here.
For our Chinese edition, click here.
For our Spanish edition, click here.
For our Portuguese edition, click here.
For our Vietnamese edition, click here.
For our French edition, click here.
Perspectives No. 11: "Internationalization:Proceedings of the WES-CIHE Summer Institute June 20–22, 2018 Boston College"
This series of studies focuses on aspects of research and analysis undertaken at the Boston College Center for International Higher Education.
The Center brings an international consciousness to the analysis of higher education. We believe that an international perspective will contribute to enlightened policy and practice. To serve this goal, the Center produces International Higher Education (a quarterly publication), books, and other publications; sponsors conferences; and welcomes visiting scholars. We have a special concern for academic institutions in the Jesuit tradition worldwide and, more broadly, with Catholic universities.
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Perspectives No. 10: "Language of Instruction in Higher Education: National Policies and the Role of English"
This report speci cally showcases research un- dertaken by Xinyan (Sissi) Liu, a student in CIHE’s Master of Arts program in International Higher Ed- ucation. This program requires that all students participate in a course titled “Field Experience in International Higher Education.” The course pro- vides a framework for a ‘real world’ experience for students interested in international dimensions of higher education, in conjunction with an in-depth research project. This combination of practical ex- perience with research is designed to give students an appreciation for the ways that the daily work of different kinds of organizations, such as the IAU, may be framed by questions and concerns that re- quire the ability to undertake a signi cant explora- tion of information and ideas in order to inform policy and practice.
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Perspectives No. 9: "The Boston College Center for International Higher Education Year in Review, 2017–2018"
This report, The Boston College Center for International Higher Education, Year in Review, 2017–2018 (CIHE Perspectives No. 9) provides not only an overview of our activities over the academic year, but also offers a collection of articles—original or recently published—from our graduate students, our research fellows, and our visiting scholars, as well as founding director Philip Altbach, associate director Laura Rumbley, and myself. We are proud of the many products we have created and the results accomplished over the year, and this report illustrates our accomplishments well. It is also gratifying to note the impact that CIHE has had in various quarters. For example, Philip Altbach was the recipient this year of an honorary doctoral degree from Symbiosis University in India. Recognition of his lifetime of contributions to the field of international higher education reminds us of what the Center is all about—advancing our understanding and doing so in ways that are critically constructive, innovative, and collaborative.
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Perspectives No. 8: "Liberal Arts & Sciences Innovation in China: Six Recommendations to Shape the Future"
This issue is a collaboration between CIHE and Duke Kunshan University (DKU), a joint venture of Duke University and Wuhan University. It is written by Kara Godwin, CIHE Research Fellow, and Noah Pickus, Dean of Undergraduate Curricular Affairs and Faculty Development at Duke Kunshan University and Associate Provost at Duke University.
This Perspective addresses the obstacles and opportunities for innovative liberal arts and sciences initiatives in China by providing six key recommendations for the future. It builds on a meeting from June 2017 when twenty-six university leaders and scholars met at DKU to assess the significant growth in new liberal arts and sciences practices that are emerging as key factors in China’s educational landscape. An appendix also includes four background papers from that meeting.
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Perspectives No. 7: "State of Play: Higher Education Management Training Schemes in the Field of Development Cooperation"
Many organizations around the world engage in training aimed at professionalizing higher education management and leadership, specifically in relation to development cooperation efforts. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) are active in this area and commissioned the present background study to gain insight into the state of play with regard to such training schemes across the globe.
Conducted by the Boston College Center for International Higher Education, this study aims to provide an overall picture of the different actors and programs currently in evidence, and to identify future directions and evolving aspects of this work. Ultimately, an enhanced understanding of the many organizations involved in the design and delivery of such schemes, and of their varied approaches, may enable the exchange of experience and good practice among relevant actors worldwide.
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No. 6 - 2017
The Boston College Center for International Higher Education, Year in Review, 2016-2017
Ayenachew A. Woldegiyorgis, Laura E. Rumbley, Hans de Wit (Eds.)
CIHE Perspectives 6 presents a collection of articles – new or recently published – from the Center’s graduate students, research fellows, visiting scholars and faculty.
No. 5 - 2017
The Challenges of Academic Integrity in Higher Education: Current Trends and Prospects
Elena Denisova-Schmidt
This issue is written by CIHE Research Fellow Elena Denisova-Schmidt, lecturer at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), who is taking care of the Higher Education Corruption Monitor (HECM) of CIHE. This Perspectives addresses the issue of ethics and values in international higher education, an increasing concern in an area of massification, privatization and globalization in higher education.
No. 4 - 2017
The World View: Selected blogs published by Inside Higher Education, 2010-2016
Georgiana Mihut, Lisa Unangst, Liz Reisberg, and Hans de Wit
The fourth edition of CIHE Perspectives, produced by the Boston College Center for International Higher Education, presents a selection of articles that have been published in The World View since 2010 and is designed to celebrate the work done to date. In constructing this publication, 347 articles published as part of The World View were reviewed. This revision resulted in a thematic analysis of the contents published by the blog, which is also included as part of the Perspectives issue. The hope of the authors of this CIHE Perspectives issue is that this exercise may reveal broader trends in higher education that will serve as a source of inspiration and further debate on the state of higher education globally.
No. 3 - 2016
Catholic Universities: Identity and Internationalization, A Pilot Project
Andrés Bernasconi, Hans de Wit, and Daniela Véliz-Calderón
The third issue of CIHE Perspectives is more extensive than the previous two, as it brings together three case studies in the context of a pilot project for a larger study—“Catholic Universities: Identity and Internationalization”— undertaken by the Center for Research on Educational Policy and Practice (CEPPE) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) and CIHE. This project—which also involves the Center for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI) at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) in Milan, Italy—has been made possible by a start-up grant from the Luksic Fund, created to stimulate cooperation between the PUC de Chile and Boston College. It is anticipated that this pilot study will result in a more extensive study, including several other case studies in different parts of the world.
No. 2 - 2016
Global Dimensions of the Boston College Lynch School of Education: Analysis of a Faculty Survey
Ariane de Gayardon and Hans de Wit
The internationalization of schools of education around the world has been identified as a particularly difficult challenge, as teacher education is primarily concerned with national qualification while educating globally competent teachers is essential to pass such a mindset on to future generations. This report takes a deep look into the internationalization of the Boston College Lynch School of Education (LSOE) through the eyes and work of its faculty, at a time when LSOE and Boston College are designing new internationalization strategies. This study analyses a survey of international activities of LSOE faculty and couples these results with a SWOT analysis of the school. It provides recommendations for the further internationalization of LSOE that could prove useful to other schools in their internationalization process.
No. 1 - 2016
Sage Advice: International Advisory Councils at Tertiary Education Institutions
Philip G. Altbach, Georgiana Mihut, and Jamil Salmi
International advisory councils (IAC) have been established by many tertiary education institutions (TEI) worldwide as a response to globalization and in an effort to obtain expert advice from prominent academics and university leaders. These councils assist TEIs with institutional self-evaluation, research foci, internationalization and global positioning, and many other strategic concerns. This paper reports on the findings of what we believe is a first-ever comparative examination of the IAC phenomenon. The study advances a typology of IACs, offers suggestions on how the activity of IACs can be improved, and provides useful considerations for the creation of new IAC structures. Given the increasing importance of IACs for university development in many different contexts, Sage Advice will be useful to tertiary education institutions planning to establish IACs or seeking new insights into the best ways to organize and make use of this valuable resource.
Global Perspectives on Higher Education
Since 2005, the Center for International Higher Education has been collaborating with Sense Publishers on a book series entitled Global Perspectives on Higher Education. This series comprises more than 30 volumes in 2016. Philip G. Altbach has been for long the series editor, and is now sharing this role with Hans de Wit and Laura E. Rumbley.
The full list of books in this series can be found on the dedicated Sense webpage.
The most recent publications in this series include:
Identity and Internationalization in Catholic Universities Exploring Institutional Pathways in Context
Hans de Wit, Andrés Bernasconi, Visnja Car, Fiona Hunter, Michael James and Daniela Véliz
Identity and Internationalization in Catholic Universities explores the relationship between Catholic identity, mission, and internationalization in Catholic universities of different types and located in different contexts. Internationalization is a key concern for universities working to achieve their goals in different regions of the world but without neglecting their identity. There are many universities that consider themselves related to the Roman Catholic faith and many other universities with Christian affiliations. It is well known that Catholic universities have unique missions, such as the formation of individuals inspired by a religious conviction to serve society and the church. That is why it is imperative to have empirical knowledge to help develop practical and effective policies on central themes such as internationalization, a fundamental part of many universities’ developmental strategies, while paying special attention to each university’s specific context. This book includes sixteen case studies from Latin America, the United States, the Asia Pacific, and Europe, and also includes chapters on regional perspectives on Catholic higher education as well as more specifically Jesuit higher education, the global network of La Salle universities, and internationalization in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific region, and Europe.
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Accelerated Universities: Ideas and Money Combine to Build Academic Excellence
Philip Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Jamil Salmi and Isak Froumin
During the past several decades, several “highly-resourced, accelerated research universities” have been established around the world to pursue—and achieve—academic and research excellence. These institutions are entirely new, not existing universities that were reconfigured. Accelerated Universities provides case studies of eight such universities and highlights the lessons to be learned from these examples. Each of the cases is written by someone involved with leadership at the early developmental stages of each university, and provides insights that only senior executives can illustrate. Accelerated Universities shows that visionary leadership and generous funding combined with innovative ideas can yield impressive results in a short time. Universities aspiring to recognition among the top tier of global institutions will find this book indispensable.
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Understanding Higher Education Internationalization: Insights from Key Global Publications
Goergiana Mihut, Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit
This volume brings together selected articles focused on higher education internationalization published in University World News (UWN) and International Higher Education (IHE) between 2011 and 2016. Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners alike further the development of higher education internationalization as a field of study through public and ongoing conversations. It is news, analysis, and commentary publications like UWN and IHE that facilitate this dialogue and keep pace with the most up-to-date developments in the field. Together, the articles included in this volume—alongside the section introductions—offer a rich and relevant picture of the dynamic state of higher education internationalization globally. While both publications are freely available online, this book provides a thematically coherent selection of articles, offering an accessible and analytic perspective on the pressing concerns of contemporary higher education internationalization.
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The Tertiary Education Imperative Knoweldge, Skils and Values for Development
Jamil Salmi
The world of tertiary education has changed significantly in the past fifteen years. Developing countries have seen tremendous enrollment growth, especially in the private sector. Many nations are facing an exponentially rising demand as more young people graduate from high school as a result of the successful implementation of the Education for All agenda. The launch of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations in September 2015 has given renewed consideration to the importance of education for development and the urgency of putting in place viable financing strategies.
Against this background this book explores the crucial role played by tertiary education towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It observes that tertiary education finds itself at a crossroad today, as national systems are pulled in several directions by a combination of factors—crisis factors, rupture factors, and stimulation factors—bringing about both opportunities and challenges. How these forces in the tertiary education ecosystem play out in each country will determine the new “perils” and “promises” that are likely to shape the contribution of tertiary education to economic and social development in the years to come.
Understanding Global Higher Education: Insights from Key Global Publications
Goergiana Mihut, Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit
This volume brings together selected articles published in University World News (UWN) and International Higher Education (IHE) between 2011 and 2016. Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners alike further the development of higher education as a field of study through public and ongoing conversations. It is news, analysis, and commentarypublications like UWN and IHE that facilitate this dialogue and keep pace with the most up-to-date developments in the field. Together, the articles included in this volume—alongside the section introductions—offer a rich and relevant picture of the dynamic state of higher education globally. While both publications are freely available online, this book provides a thematically coherent selection of articles, offering an accessible and analytic perspective on the pressing concerns of contemporary higher education.
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Global and Local Internationalization (November 6, 2015)
Elspeth Jones, Robert Coelen, Jos Beelen and Hans de Wit
Offering a range of perspectives on internationalization in higher education from a globally dispersed group of authors, this book reflects the many facets of the theme. It reminds us that, while internationalization is strongly connected to the globalization of society, at the same time it is deeply embedded in local political, economic and social structures, systems and cultures.
The increasing attention given to internationalization by institutions all around the world is leading to diversification and broadening of practice. This in turn deepens our understanding of what is needed to enhance the educational experiences of students, and how the outcomes of internationalization contribute to the skills needed in a globalized and multicultural society. Yet inevitably the impact is becoming more noticeable locally and the six sections of the book focus on these dimensions:
-Internationalization in Local and Global Contexts
-Local and Global Drivers for Change
-Global and Local Dimensions of Curriculum Internationalization
-The Outcomes of Local and Global International Education
-Internationalization for Local and Global Employability
-Regional and National Cases of Local and Global Internationalization
How can we define more precise learning outcomes that underpin learning and teaching? How do we avoid the societal risks of internationalization and ensure that internationalization opportunities and benefits are shared equally? How do we prevent brain drain and commercialization? What are the values that underlie our actions? These are just some of the questions that will occupy our minds, locally and globally, in the years to come and which this book seeks to highlight.
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Global Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education Leaders: Briefs on Key Theme (2014)
Laura E. Rumbley, Robin Matross Helms, Patti McGill Peterson, and Philip G. Altbach.
Higher education leaders today recognize the need to develop an international strategy for their institutions but may lack the knowledge and perspective required to inform good decisions. Institutions must create educational environments where students will begin to appreciate the complexity of global integration and develop skills to navigate it successfully. International outreach and initiatives enrich institutional culture but must be based on good information and analysis.
To address this need, the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Boston College Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) launched a publication and webinar series titled International Briefs for Higher Education Leaders. The purpose of the series is to assist campus leaders in their efforts to make sense of a broad and complex set of issues inherent in the internationalization of American higher education today. In an era of “information overload” and in light of the realities of time constraints faced by busy institutional leaders, each Brief publication is organized around one clearly defined topic.
This book features the key themes of global engagement, China, India, and the “southern cone” in Latin America.
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The International Imperative in Higher Education (2013)
Philip G. Altbach
The International Imperative in Higher Education focuses on most of the central elements affecting universities worldwide. Included among the themes analyzed are global issues such as corruption, the continuing impact of the brain drain and the phenomenon of brain exchange, the role of English in internationalization, changes in the environment for publishing and knowledge distribution, and academic freedom. The specific elements of internationalization, such as growing commercialization, and the role of agents and recruiters as a part of global student flows are considered. The role of the academic profession in a rapidly changing university environment is also discussed. Special attention is paid to China and India, the world’s two largest academic systems, and the specific challenges faced by them.
The Center is involved in the publishing of the blog The World View on Inside Higher Ed. This blog is maintained by one of our research fellows, Liz Reisberg, and the center staff often write posts.
International Briefs for Higher Education Leaders
Developed by ACE's Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement (CIGE) in partnership with the Boston College Center for International Higher Education, the International Briefs for Higher Education Leadersseries is designed to help inform strategic decisions about international programming and initiatives. Aimed at senior university executives who need a quick but incisive perspective on international issues and trends, the Briefsoffer analysis and commentary on key countries and topics of importance to higher education worldwide.
Each edition of International Briefs consists of:
- A printed brief providing an overview of current issues in international higher education and featuring 10-12 articles written by leading scholars, policymakers and practitioners.
- An interactive webinar featuring authors from the brief.
Mapping Internationalization Globally: National Profiles and Perspectives (Winter, 2018)
Following the release of the fourth edition of ACE’s Mapping Internationalization on U.S. Campuses (PDF) 1.5 MB study in June 2017, this Brief explores the Mapping data and related information on higher education internationalization around the world. It features country-focused articles written by higher education scholars and experts, and explores existing policies and activities, key challenges, and emerging opportunities for internationalization in a variety of unique national contexts.
Engaging with Europe: Enduring Ties, New Opportunities (Spring 2016)
Higher education in Europe has undergone significant changes in the last two decades, creating a “new landscape” for European postsecondary education and bringing with it major implications for internationalization and global engagement in this key world region. This installment in the Briefs series explores recent European internationalization initiatives, including the Bologna Process, Erasmus, and Horizon 2020, and their implications for European-US higher education collaboration.
International Joint and Dual Degrees: Strategy and Implementation (Spring 2015)
As colleges and universities consider their place in an ever-globalizing world, international joint and dual degrees can help institutions move beyond individual faculty and course-level collaborations to establish on-going, multidimensional partnerships with counterparts abroad. This edition of the Brief explores strategic planning, program administration and management, and the academic dimensions of international joint and dual degrees.
Argentina, Brazil, Chile - Engaging with the "Southern Cone" (Spring 2014)
In light of recent programs and initiatives designed to facilitate collaboration between U.S. institutions and their counterparts in the “Southern Cone” region, this edition of the Brief explores higher education in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Topics include current trends and priorities, government policies related to internationalization, student and scholar mobility to and from the region, and strategies for U.S. institutions seeking to engage with partners in these countries.
India: The Next Frontier (Spring 2013)
With US higher education interest in India at an all-time high, the potential for engagement with Indian counterparts holds exciting possibilities for many US colleges and universities. This edition of the Brief explores India's strategic importance, Indian higher education in the 21st century, and the legal framework for international higher education partnerships in India.
Global Engagement: New Modalities (Fall 2012)
Recognizing the changing international higher education landscape, this edition of the Brief focuses on emerging trends and new strategies for global engagement. Topics include key legal issues surrounding international ventures, extending the campus community through global engagement, and advice from experienced partner institutions abroad on building successful collaborations.
China: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education Cooperation (Spring 2012)
Designed to provide information for institutions engaged in or considering partnerships and other ventures in China, this edition of the Brief includes articles on policy trends, the growth of foreign campuses in China, and the challenges of integrating Chinese students into American institutions.
2016 PUBLICATIONS
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Engaging with Europe: Enduring Ties, New Opportunities
International Briefs for Higher Education Leaders #6
Higher education in Europe has undergone significant changes in the last two decades, creating a “new landscape” for European postsecondary education and bringing with it major implications for internationalization and global engagement in this key world region. This installment in the Briefs series explores recent European internationalization initiatives, including the Bologna Process, Erasmus, and Horizon 2020, and their implications for European-US higher education collaboration.
BOOKS
INTERNATIONAL FACULTY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
In an interconnected and globally competitive environment, faculty mobility across countries has become widespread, yet is little understood. Grounded in qualitative methodology, this volume offers a cutting-edge examination of internationally mobile academics today and explores the approaches and strategies that institutions pursue to recruit and integrate international teachers and scholars into local universities. Providing a range of research-based insights from case studies in key countries, this resource offers higher education scholars and administrators a comparative perspective, helping to explain the impact that international faculty have on the local university, as well as issues of retention, promotion, salaries, and the challenges faced by these internationally mobile academics.
The Global Academic Rankings Game: Changing Institutional Policy, Practice, and Academic Life
Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, and Laura E. Rumbley
The Global Academic Rankings Game provides a much-needed perspective on how countries and universities react to academic rankings. Based on a unified case methodology of eleven key countries and academic institutions, this comprehensive volume provides expert analysis on this emerging phenomenon at a time when world rankings are becoming increasingly visible and influential on the international stage. Each chapter provides an overview of government and national policies as well as an in-depth examination of the impact that rankings have played on policy, practice, and academic life in Australia, Chile, China, Germany, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Global Academic Rankings Game contributes to the continuing debate about the influence of rankings in higher education and is an invaluable resource for higher education scholars and administrators as they tackle rankings in their own national and institutional contexts.
2015 PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education - Global Perspectives
Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, and Laura E. Rumbley
Academic inbreeding - appointing one's own graduates for academic positions - is a controversial but surprisingly common practice internationally. This book is the first comparative analysis of the phenomenon - the causes, implications, and future of inbreeding.
Young Faculty in the Twenty-First Century - International Perspectives
Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, and Laura E. Rumbley
Young faculty are the future of academia, yet without attractive career paths for young academics, the future of the university is bleak. Featuring case studies from Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Norway, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, and the United States, Young Faculty in the Twenty-First Century is the first book to analyze issues facing early-career higher education faculty in an international context. The contributors discuss how young academics are affected by contracts, salaries, the structure of careers, and institutional conditions. The analyses cover the full spectrum of the academic profession, including part-time jobs and short-term contracts, both in public and private institutions. The book also addresses what universities must do in order to attract young, qualified candidates.
REPORTS
Internationalizing Higher Education Worldwide: National Policies and Programs
Robin Matross Helms, Laura E. Rumbley, Lucia Brajkovic, and Georgiana Mihut
Motivated by a variety of academic, economic, political, and social goals, governments around the world are implementing policies and programs designed to spur higher education internationalization. While reports of such initiatives often appear in the media, typically they are presented on a case-by-case basis—that is, without much reference to how each newly emerging national policy compares with other national policies around the world, and what the landscape of policy initiatives worldwide looks like. The purpose of this study is to better understand public policies and programs for internationalization of higher education in a comparative context, examine issues of effectiveness, and consider the future and impact of such initiatives going forward.
International Joint and Dual Degrees - Strategy and Implementation
Higher education institutions across the United States and around the world are increasingly open to experimenting with new types of international collaborative arrangements and partnerships. One particularly salient example of this trend can be seen in the rising number of international joint and dual degree programs. This issue in the Brief series aims to explore some of the most timely and substantive aspects of this complex form of international engagement. Altogether, the Brief endeavors to provide a concise yet comprehensive picture of both the strategic considerations involved in international joint and dual degrees, as well as practical matters of design, delivery, and sustainability.
ARTICLES
Yudkevich, M., Altbach, P.G., & Rumbley, L.E. (2015). Global university rankings: The “Olympic Games” of higher education? Prospects, 45(4), 411-419 [link]
2014 PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Higher Education: A Worlwide Inventory. Research Centers – Academic Programs – Journals And Publications
Laura E. Rumbley, Philip G. Altbach, David A. Stanfield, Yukiko Shimmi, Ariane de Gayardon, and Roy Y. Chan
This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the main centers for research on higher education, as well as the many graduate-level academic programs being offered in the study of higher education. The inventory not only provides a “snapshot” of these important activities but also serves as an unparalleled resource for facilitating communication and collaboration across the higher education research and training community.
This inventory has identified 277 graduate-level higher education programs and 217 higher education research centers/institutes around the world, as well as 280 journals/publications published in more than 20 languages.
This volume also includes an interpretive essay discussing the current status of the field of higher education by Philip G. Altbach and an analytic chapter concerning the data provided in the book by Laura E. Rumbley, David A. Stanfield, and Ariane de Gayardon.
The full PDF is available here.
Global Opportunities and Challenges for Higher Education Leaders: Briefs on Key Theme
Laura E. Rumbley, Robin Matross Helms, Patti McGill Peterson, and Philip G. Altbach
Higher education leaders today recognize the need to develop an international strategy for their institutions but may lack the knowledge and perspective required to inform good decisions. Institutions must create educational environments where students will begin to appreciate the complexity of global integration and develop skills to navigate it successfully. International outreach and initiatives enrich institutional culture but must be based on good information and analysis.
To address this need, the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Boston College Center for International Higher Education (CIHE) launched a publication and webinar series titled International Briefs for Higher Education Leaders. The purpose of the series is to assist campus leaders in their efforts to make sense of a broad and complex set of issues inherent in the internationalization of American higher education today. In an era of “information overload” and in light of the realities of time constraints faced by busy institutional leaders, each Brief publication is organized around one clearly defined topic.
This book features the key themes of global engagement, China, India, and the “southern cone” in Latin America.
REPORTS
ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE: “Engaging with the Southern Cone”
In this issue, we turn our attention to the “Southern Cone” countries of Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. The higher education systems in these three countries are developing rapidly, and share a common interest in internationalization and expanding their global reach. However, the top priorities and specific challenges facing higher education in the region vary by country.
In Argentina, increases in government spending on higher education combined with high levels of overall economic growth have given rise to larger budgets and greater financial freedom for many institutions. However, persistent low graduation rates, the need for further development of graduate education, and an economic slowdown are significant challenges. Though Chile currently boasts a gross enrollment rate of 55 percent—one of the highest in Latin America—the accreditation system established in 1998 has been called into question following alleged corruption, raising new concerns about quality. The Brazil Scientific Mobility Program has jump-started internationalization activities in that country, but other opportunities for cross-border cooperation are less clear. Access and affordability are still important challenges on the home front.
The articles explore these and other key issues country by country and turn a critical spotlight on what all of this means for US higher education interests in the region.
ARTICLES
Rumbley, L.E., Stanfield, D.A., & de Gayardon, A. (2014). From inventory to insight: making sense of the global landscape of higher education research, training, and publication. Studies in Higher Education 39(8), 1293-1305.
2013 PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession: The BRICs and the United States
Philip Altbach, Gregory Androushchak, Yaroslav Kuzminov, Maria Yudkevich, and Liz Reisberg
The Global Future of Higher Education and the Academic Profession focuses on the all-important emerging BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) nations by analyzing the academic profession and particularly salaries and contracts. The professoriate is key to the success of any academic system, and this is the first book to carefully analyze academic systems and the academic profession.
The academic profession must be adequately paid, and appointments to academic jobs must be based on merit and provide an effective career path for the 'best and brightest' to be attracted to the profession. The BRICs show a variety of approaches to academic careers—and none provide globally competitive salaries. China and Russia, in particular, pay academics poorly. Using purchasing power parity, this book is able to accurately compare the actual purchasing power of the academic profession. The book also analyzes how professors are appointed and promoted. While the BRICs may be emerging global economic powers, their academic systems still face significant challenges.
REPORTS
India: The Next Frontier
With US higher education interest in India at an all-time high, the potential for engagement with Indian counterparts holds exciting possibilities for many US colleges and universities. This edition of the Brief explores India's strategic importance, Indian higher education in the 21st century, and the legal framework for international higher education partnerships in India.
2012 PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Paying the Professoriate: A Global Comparison of Compensation and Contracts
Philip Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Maria Yudkevich, Gregory Androushchak, and Iván Pacheco
Paying the Professoriate is the first comparative analysis of global faculty salaries, remuneration, and terms of employment. Offering an in-depth international comparison of academic salaries in 28 countries across public, private, research, and non-research universities, chapter authors shed light on the conditions and expectations that shape the modern academic profession. The top researchers on the academic profession worldwide analyze common themes, trends, and the impact of these matters on academic quality and research productivity. In a world where higher education capacity is a key driver of national innovation and prosperity, and nations seek to fast-track their economic growth through expansion of higher education systems, policy makers and administrators increasingly seek answers about what actions they should be taking. Paying the Professoriate provides a much needed resource, illuminating the key issues and offering recommendations.
"PAYING THE PROFESSORIATE" IN THE NEWS
New York Times
How Much Is a Professor Worth?
The Herald Tribune
Professors’ Salaries Are Graded on the Global Curve
University World News
Pay comparisons: Are you paid as much as other professionals?
Post-soviet universities need academic salaries reform to succeed
Good news for permanent academics in public institutions
Times Higher Education
Academic salaries no longer attract top talent, survey finds
Inside Higher Education
Classify With Care
Faculty Pay, Around the World
The Global Ticker (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Canadian Professors Are Best Paid in the World—Again
The Atlantic
What China's Talking About Today: Why Aren't Teachers Paid More?
The Star (Canada)
Why Canada’s professors are the best (best-paid, that is)
Macleans.CA (Canada)
Canadian profs: the world's highest paid
Der Spiegel (Germany)
Globaler Trend
Portal Universidade (Brasil)
Canadá é o país que melhor paga professores universitários; Brasil é o 18º
Higher Education Development Association (HEDA) Blog (Norway)
Academic Compensation Around the World – It is not Just About the Salary
Punch (Nigeria)
Nigerian professors among best paid in the world
La Republicca (Italy) - April 3, 2012, page 20
Università, prof italiani tra i più pagati “Ma quanto è difficile salire in cattedra”
Return On Academic Research (Italy)
Il paese di Bengodi. Come i docenti universitari sono tutti ricchi e non lo sanno
il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)
Essere ricchi e non saperlo
EL Universal (Venezuela)
Sueldos de profesores: Poco gana la educación superior como base de la innovación y la competitividad de los países
Analitica.com (Venezuela)
Sueldos de profesores
Ethnos (Greece)
Καλύτερα αμειβόμενοι οι Kαναδοί πανεπιστημιακοί
The Australian
Local pay rates up with the best
The Hindu (India)
Give the professor a raise
duz (Germany)
Am Ende der Top Ten
ScienceGuide (the Netherlands)
Where the rich professors live…
NZZ Online (Switzerland)
Schweiz zahlt Uni-Professoren die höchsten Löhne
EL TIEMPO.com (Colombia)
Colombia, un país que paga bajos sueldos a sus profesores
ESTADAO.com (Brazil)
Quanto vale um professor?
REPORTS
Global Engagement: New Modalities
Recognizing the changing international higher education landscape, this edition of the Brief focuses on emerging trends and new strategies for global engagement. Topics include key legal issues surrounding international ventures, extending the campus community through global engagement, and advice from experienced partner institutions abroad on building successful collaborations.
China: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges in Higher Education Cooperation
Designed to provide information for institutions engaged in or considering partnerships and other ventures in China, this edition of the Brief includes articles on policy trends, the growth of foreign campuses in China, and the challenges of integrating Chinese students into American institutions.
Before 2012
- Philip G. Altbach and Jamil Salmi eds., The Road to Academic Excellence: The Making of World-Class Research Universities, 2011. (Washington DC: World Bank Publications). [Download PDF]
- Philip G. Altbach, Robert O. Berdahl, and Patricia J. Gumport, eds., American Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges, 3rd revised edition, 2011. (Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Chinese edition published by China Ocean University Press).
- Philip G. Altbach, ed., Leadership for World-Class Universities: Challenges for Developing Countries, 2011. (Commercial edition published by Routledge Publishers. Chinese language edition published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press).
- Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg, and Laura E. Rumbley, Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution, 2009. (Commercial edition published by Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Chinese language edition published by Shanghai Jiaotong University Press. Arabic language edition published by the Ministry of Higher Education, Government of Saudi Arabia).
- Laura E. Rumbley, Iván Francisco Pacheco, and Philip G. Altbach, InternationalComparison of Academic Salaries: An Exploratory Study, 2008. [Download PDF]
- Philip G. Altbach and Jorge Balan, eds., World-Class Worldwide: Transforming Research Universities in Asia and Latin America, 2007. (Commercial edition published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Chinese language edition published by Shanghai Jiaotong University Press. Japanese language edition published by Toshindo Publishers).
- Philip G. Altbach, Tradition and Transition: The International Imperative in Higher Education, 2007. (Commercial edition published by Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Chinese language edition published by Peking University Press).
- Pamela N. Marcucci and D. Bruce Johnstone, International Higher Education Finance: An Annotated Bibliography, 2007. [Download PDF]
- Philip G. Altbach, Leslie A. Bozeman, Natia Janashia, and Laura E. Rumbley, Higher Education: A Worldwide Inventory of Centers and Programs. Revised Edition, 2006. (Commercial edition published by Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands).
- Philip G. Altbach, International Higher Education: Reflections on Policy and Practice, 2006. [Download PDF]
- D. Bruce Johnstone, Financing Higher Education: Cost Sharing in International Perspective, 2006. (Commercial edition published by Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands).
- James JF Forest and Philip G. Altbach, eds., International Handbook of Higher Education, 2006. (Commercial edition published by Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands).
- Philip G. Altbach, Comparative Higher Education: Knowledge, the University and Development, 1997, reprinted 2006. (Commercial edition published by Ablex Publishers. Asian edition published by the Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong. Japanese-language translation published by the Tamagawa University Press, Tokyo, Japan. Chinese-language translation published by the People's Education Press, Beijing, China.)
- Philip G. Altbach and Daniel C. Levy, eds., Private Higher Education: A Global Revolution, 2005. (Commercial edition published by Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands).
- Philip G. Altbach and Toru Umakoshi, eds., Asian Universities: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges, 2004. (Commercial edition published by the Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. Japanese language edition published by Tamagawa University Press, Tokyo, Japan. Chinese language edition published by China Ocean University Press, Quingdao, China.)
- Francesca B. Purcell, Robin Matross Helms, and Laura Rumbley. Women's Universities and Colleges: An International Handbook, 2004. (Commercial edition published by Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands).
- Alma Maldonado-Maldonado,Yingxia Cao, Philip G. Altbach, Daniel C. Levy, and Hong Zhu, Private Higher Education: An International Bibliography, 2004. (Commercial edition published by Information Age Publishers, Westport, Ct.)
- Damtew Teferra and Philip G. Altbach, eds., African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook, 2003. (Commercial edition published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana).
- Glenda Kruss and Andre Kraak, eds., A Contested Good? Understanding Private Higher Education in South Africa, 2003. (Co-published with PROPHE, University at Albany.)
- Philip G. Altbach, ed., The Decline of the Guru: The Academic Profession in Developing and Middle-Income Countries, 2002. (Commercial edition published by Palgrave Publishers, New York and London. Spanish language translation published by the Universidad Metropolitana Autonoma, Mexico City.)
- Philip G. Altbach and Yoshikazu Ogawa, eds., Higher Education in Japan: Reform and Change in the 21st Century, 2002. (Also published as a special theme issue of Higher Education 43, no. 1, January, 2002.)
- Philip G. Altbach and V. Selvaratnam, eds., From Dependence to Autonomy: The Development of Asian Universities, 2002. (Commercial edition published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Japanese-language edition published by Tamagawa University Press, Tokyo, Japan. Chinese language edition published in Taiwan. Asian paperback edition published by De La Salle University Press, Manila, Philippines.)
- Philip G. Altbach, ed., The Changing Academic Workplace: Comparative Perspectives, 2000. (Also published as a special theme issue of Higher Education, vol. 41, no. 1-2, January-March, 2001.) [Download PDF]
- Philip G. Altbach and David Engberg, Higher Education: A Worldwide Inventory of Centers and Programs, 2000. (Commercial edition published by Oryx Publishers, Phoenix, Arizona.) [Download PDF]
- Philip G. Altbach and Patti McGill Peterson, eds., Higher Education in the 21st Century: Global Challenge and National Response, 1999. (Published in cooperation with the Institute of International Education, New York. Spanish-language translation published by Editorial Biblios, Buenos Aires, Argentina.)
- Philip G. Altbach, ed., Private Prometheus: Private Higher Education and Development in the 21st Century, 1999. (Commercial edition published by Greenwood Publishers, Westport, Connecticut. Spanish-language translation published by Centro de Estudios Sobre la Universidad, UNAM, Mexico. Japanese-language translation published by the Tamagawa University Press, Tokyo, Japan.)
- Zaghloul Morsy and Philip G. Altbach, eds., Higher Education in International Perspective: Critical Issues, 1996. (Published by Garland Publishing and UNESCO, with the cooperation of the Boston College Center for International Higher Education.)