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al-Khaizaran, Huda Yoshida – History of Education, 2011
This article examines the emergence of private universities in Meiji Japan (1868-1912). It begins by discussing the interrelationships of modernity projects with the emergence of state universities, and with the new state civil servants. Second, it reviews the processes through which forerunners of private universities emerged, considering…
Descriptors: Universities, Private Colleges, Foreign Countries, Educational History
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Takayama, Keita – Comparative Education, 2008
Using the political-economic analysis of globalisation and education as well as a culturalist approach to education policy borrowing, the paper analyses the role of local actors, specifically, national newspapers and the Ministry of Education, in mediating the potentially homogenising curricular policy pressure of globalisation exerted through the…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Global Approach
Altbach, Philip G. – 1983
The comparative higher education course offered at the State University of New York at Buffalo is briefly described, and a course schedule is presented, including required and recommended readings for each topic. The course is intended to provide a broad cross-cultural perspective and considers the growth and development of universities in Europe,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Activism, Case Studies, Change Strategies