1st Edition

The Emerging Markets and Higher Education Development and Sustainability

    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes the relationship between higher education, the economy and government in the development of a democratic and market economy society in emerging market countries. (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Mexico, Chile and Brazil).

    Table of Contents Introduction Matthew S. McMullen, Bob Donnorummo, James Mauch I. The Emerging Markets and the Process of Globalization Bob Donnorummo II. The Impact of Higher Education on Emerging Markets James Mauch Central Europe III. The Czech Republic: A Country in Transition. Again Matthew S. McMullen and Jiri Prucha IV. Development of a Democratic and Market Economy Society in Poland: The Perspective of Higher Education Wieslaw Oleksy Asia V. The Emerging Markets and Higher Education: Experiences from Taiwan Hsiou-Hsiou Tai VI. Higher Education in a Rapidly Developing Country: The Case of the Republic of South Korea Namgi Park Latin America VII. From Encirclement to Globalization: Evolving Patterns of Higher Education in Brazil Elizabeth Balbachevsky VIII. Higher Education and the Emerging Markets: The Case of Chile Oscar Espinoza IX. Higher Education: The Social, Political and Economic Driver of Mexico's Future Sofia Morote and John Yeager

    Biography

    Matthew S. McMullen is Visiting Faculty Member at the Institute for International Studies and Research Associate (Center for Russian and East European Studies) at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also Higher Education Specialist for the Center for Higher Education Studies, Prague, Czech Republic. James E. Mauch is Professor of Administrative and Policy Studies, Associate Faculty, Center for Latin American Studies, Senior Associate, Institute for International Studies in Education, and Associate Faculty, Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Bob Donnorummo is Senior Research Associate and Associate Director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh. His recent publications have focused on the political and economic changes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.