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This book provides a central, authoritative source of reference on the most essential topics of higher education. The International Handbook of Higher Education combines a rich diversity of scholarly perspectives with a wide range of internationally derived descriptions and analyses. Chapters in the first volume cover central themes in the study of higher education, while contributors to the second volume focuses on contemporary higher education issues within specific countries or regions. Together, these volumes provide a centralized, easily accessible, yet scholarly source of information.
The field of higher education studies has expanded dramatically in recent years. This book provides a unique and comprehensive guide, including an inventory of 199 centers, programs, and institutes in the field, a essay analyzing the emergence and current status of higher education as an area of study, and a listing of 191 journals focusing on higher education. Together, these three resources constitute the more comprehensive overview of the field available anywhere. Philip G. Altbach’s essay ‘Research and training in higher education’ discusses the origins of the field, the central issues of concern in the research literature, and trends among centers and institutes focusing on higher education worldwide. The inventory, which constitutes most of the book, provides information on the centers and programs, including the names of staff members, focus of work, and relevant addresses and websites. The expansion in the number of journals in the field is illustrated in the journals listing, which provides information about editors, substantive focus, and addresses of journals throughout the world. This book is a unique resources and a benchmark for an emerging field.
La obra, por razones obvias de espacio, es una pequeña representación de los muchos docentes e investigadores de España e Iberoamérica que han admirado el trabajo y la personalidad académica del doctor Lozano.El libro, por el especial recorrido académico de Claudio Lozano, se ha titulado: La Historia de la Educación entre Europa y América. Una apuesta heurística de veintisiete trabajos estructurado en dos bloques temáticos: un primero, dedicado al perfil humano, intelectual e historiográfico del homenajeado, descansa en siete aportaciones de colegas y amigos que han trabajado muy cerca de él y lo han conocido directamente; el segundo, más diverso, elaborado por admiradores y est...