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de Wit, Hans; Altbach, Philip G. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2023
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…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Education, Futures (of Society), COVID-19
de Wit, Hans; Altbach, Philip G. – Policy Reviews in Higher Education, 2021
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…
Descriptors: International Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Futures (of Society)
Altbach, Philip G. – Sch Soc, 1969
Descriptors: English, Hindi, Language, Language Programs

Altbach, Philip G.; Carlson, Dennis – Society, 1976
Notes that pragmatism, rather than ideology, dictates the style of young progressive politics in Madison. This pattern has not always applied elsewhere. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Activism, Community Leaders, Dissent, Political Affiliation
Altbach, Philip G. – 1970
The focus of this bibliography is on the role of students in society and in higher education throughout the world. Material on the US is omitted because of the large number of publications on US students and higher education. The 1800 listings are drawn mainly from English, French, Spanish, and German language publications. The introduction…
Descriptors: Activism, Bibliographies, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students

Altbach, Philip G. – Comparative Education Review, 1989
Reviews four books about the student protest movements of the 1960s. Two books, by Todd Gitlin and Tom Hayden, focus on the United States, while the others consider international events; all four examine student political activism, but none considers the resultant conservative political and social reactions. (DHP)
Descriptors: Activism, Book Reviews, College Students, Demonstrations (Civil)

Altbach, Philip G. – Youth and Society, 1973
Traces the development of the NSA, places it in the context of the 1950s, in which it developed into a major national organization, evaluates its role on campus, and fills in some historical gaps in the growth of student activism and politics in the U.S., since NSA has received little analytic attention. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Activism, National Organizations, Political Attitudes, Political Issues

Altbach, Philip G. – Higher Education, 1979
The relative calm of the 1970s is contrasted with the activism of the 1960s in American universities. Some explanations for the current lack of political concern on campus are offered, including the lack of clearly threatening foreign policy issues, economic problems, and disillusionment with past politics. (JMF)
Descriptors: Activism, American Culture, Apathy, College Students
Altbach, Philip G. – 1970
The work is a report of a historical study of several international student organizations in their political and educational contexts to learn whether they, in fact, constitute a real student movement on a world scale. After tracing the growth of such organizations as the International Union of Students and the International Student Conference and…
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Extracurricular Activities, International Organizations
Altbach, Philip G. – 1997
This book provides an historical overview of American student activism from 1900 to the present with emphasis on the period from 1900 to 1960. An introduction to this edition reviews student activism since 1970 concluding that, despite brief sparks of activism such as the anti-apartheid struggle, there are currently no national or regional…
Descriptors: Activism, College Environment, College Students, Educational History
Altbach, Philip G. – 1989
Three essays by the Director of the Comparative Education Center at the State University of New York (Buffalo) have the following titles: "Comparative Perspectives on the Academic Profession,""Student Political Activism," and "University Reform". The first essay discusses the role of the academic profession in the university, stressing the…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Comparative Education, Developed Nations