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Brazil, Russia, and Turkey: How New Democracies Deal with International Models of Higher Education?

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Intercultural Studies in Higher Education

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The purpose of this chapter is to address the issue of national translations of international influences and trends in higher education systems, as well as resistance to such paradigms. Three emerging countries, that is, Brazil, Russia, and Turkey, with very different geographical and historical contexts, will be considered as case studies. As young democracies, their strong national sentiment can contradict external recommendations in terms of the management of higher education.

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Notes

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    See for instance the report prepared in 2000 by the Task Force on Higher Education in Developing Countries, convened by the World Bank and UNESCO: “Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise.”

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    Between 1980 and 1993 tertiary enrollments in absolute figures diminished from 3,046,000 to 2,543,000, and in terms of the number of students per 10,000 inhabitants, decreased from 219 to 176 students.

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    Twenty-nine national research universities (NRU) that combine various educational and large-scale research activities. The status of federal university is awarded forever, while the status of NRU is awarded for a period of 10 years and can be withdrawn at any time if performance indicators are not achieved.

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    Nine federal universities representing every federal district of Russia.

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The authors thank Thierry Chevaillier, IREDU, for his help in the revision of the text.

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Paul, JJ., Barbosa, ML., Bydanova, E. (2019). Brazil, Russia, and Turkey: How New Democracies Deal with International Models of Higher Education?. In: de Albuquerque Moreira, A., Paul, JJ., Bagnall, N. (eds) Intercultural Studies in Higher Education. Intercultural Studies in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15758-6_2

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