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Current Research Trends in Globalisation and Neo-liberalism in Higher Education

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Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms

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The chapter focuses on current research trends in higher education. The chapter analyses and evaluates the ascent of a neo-liberal and neoconservative higher education policy, globalisation and practices of governance education, global university rankings, internationalization, quality assurance, entrepreneurial and competitive ways of competition for international students among universities, both locally and globally.

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Zajda, J., Rust, V. (2016). Current Research Trends in Globalisation and Neo-liberalism in Higher Education. In: Zajda, J., Rust, V. (eds) Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms. Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28191-9_1

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