The COVID pandemic created significant problems for higher education worldwide, including new and exacerbated challenges related to international higher education. In this article, the authors focus on: (1) the implications for onsite and online education; (2) international student mobility and internationalization at home; (3) the impact of…

Internationalization as a concept and strategic agenda is a relatively new, broad, and varied phenomenon in tertiary education. During the past half-century, internationalization has evolved from a marginal activity to a key aspect of the reform agenda. This analysis addresses the following points: What are the historical developments of…

Increasing political and military tension in several parts of the world will inevitably affect international higher education. Nationalist, religious, and ideological conflicts challenge the original ideas of international cooperation and exchange in higher education as promoters of peace and mutual understanding and of global engagement. Since…

This inventory is a guide to higher education programs, centers, and related agencies. It opens with an essay that gives an overview of higher education research and training, providing a context for the programs and centers listed in the inventory. The chapters are: (1) "Research and Training in Higher Education: The State of the Art" (Philip G.…

Introduces participants of a symposium on current controversies concerning UNESCO. Discusses contributions of UNESCO to the fields of comparative and international education and American government objections related to the large UNESCO bureaucracy and the political and ideological underpinnings of some UNESCO activities. (SV)

The university is no longer flourishing, yet it is far from collapsing. It continues to play a necessary role in educating, performing research, providing opportunities for social mobility, and certifying expertise and professional competence. Universities have been transformed in less than a century from small, elitist institutions fulfilling a…

Discusses the publishing industry in developing countries and its role in the creation and diffusion of knowledge in its pure and applied forms. Data from India is cited. (Author/PG)

Increased enrollments, regional politics, student activism and rigid examinations have all contributed to the higher education crisis in India. (PG)

Reviews the 10-volume "International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies," edited by Torsten Husen and T. Neville Postlethwaite. Discusses useful features, organizational framework, clusters of educational themes, bias toward English-language sources, articles on specific national educational systems, theme essays concerning…

This volume's purpose is to provide a bibliographical guide to the literature on private higher education worldwide. "Private Higher Education: An International Bibliography" is organized mainly by geography: region and country. In addition, a cross-reference topical index and an author index are included to assist those interested in particular…

On this journal's 30th anniversary, the editor reflects on the development of the field of comparative education and its "infrastructure" (scholars and practitioners, scholarly journals, book publishers, and international agencies); the field's internationalization; influence of international aid donors on research; symbiosis of comparative and…

This report reviews past and present literature relating to comparative higher education. Much of the literature relates to single nations, since cross-national studies have not been performed on a wide scale. The author emphasizes the need for such studies to be made now that sufficient data is generally available. The literature related to a…

Much has been said about the impact of globalisation on higher education. Some have argued that globalisation, the Internet and the scientific community will level the playing field in the new age of knowledge interdependence. Others claim that globalisation means both worldwide inequality and the McDonaldisation of the university. It is argued…

The author sees a dim future for comparative education in American colleges of education as retrenchment occurs, funds available for research decline, and foundations and government sources lose interest in international education. He sees some hope in President Carter's Commission on Foreign Languages and International Studies. (SJL)

This bibliogaphy provides references about a set of topics concerning the relationships between international development and the foreign student. The focus is on not only the contributions of foreign students to the social and economic development of their home countries, but also concerns related to issues of curriculum, re-entry problems, and…