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Peer reviewedKelly, Gail P.; Altbach, Philip G. – Comparative Education Review, 1986
Examines research reported in major books and journals of comparative education since 1977, focusing on challenges to established research traditions and the field's responses. Highlights work directing attention to new subjects of inquiry and challenging the nation-state as the exclusive research framework, input-output models and dominant…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Global Approach, Input Output Analysis
Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Comparative Education Review, 1991
Examines societal and academic factors influencing the development of comparative education since 1945, particularly in the United States. Discusses the dominance of structural functionalism and human capital theory in the 1960s, the recent shift to diverse research orientations and ideologies, and effects of institutional decline and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Research
Altbach, Philip G. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1982
Examines factors affecting the organization and expansion of higher education systems in advanced Third World countries. University accountability and autonomy, educational planning, the choice and implementation of curricular specialities, and the adaptation of new institutional models to meet the needs of developing nations are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Education, Curriculum, Developing Nations
PDF pending restorationAltbach, Philip G. – 1979
A comparative view of changes in the academic profession during the last three decades is provided. The rapid expansion, increased government funding, growth of accountability, demand for relevance, minority groups' demands for compensatory education and use of the university as a forum for society's conflicts (e.g., the Vietnam War) are among…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Comparative Education, Compensatory Education
Download full textAltbach, Philip G. – Bulletin of the International Bureau of Education, 1985
An introductory essay and an annotated bibliography concerning foreign students are presented in this issue of the Bulletin of the International Bureau of Education (IBE), along with an annotated bibliography on recent publications dealing with educational innovations, which was prepared by the International Educational Reporting Service (IERS),…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College Programs, Comparative Education, Developed Nations
Altbach, Philip G. – 1985
Literature and research on higher education are analyzed in an international and comparative context. After summarizing the development of higher education as a field of study, the following kinds of research arrangements in Europe are discussed: individual scholars, university research centers/departments, independent research centers, national…
Descriptors: Books, Comparative Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Research
Altbach, Philip G. – 1980
Universities around the world have changed dramatically in the period since World War II. Although the basic concerns of higher education (teaching, research, and service) have remained unchanged, the reality of expanded numbers and increased responsibility in a number of areas has placed immense pressure on universities. Seven goals essential to…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Role
