Higher Education in the Brics Countries: Investigating the Pact Between Higher Education and Society

Introduction.- The Rise of the BRICS and Higher Education Dynamics. Simon Schwartzman, R?mulo Pinheiro and Pundy Pillay.- Part I: Thematic Summaries.- Demand and Policies for Higher Education. Simon Schwartzman.- The Role of Internal and External Stakeholders. R?mulo Pinheiro.- Linking University Research and Innovation in the BRICS. Creso M. S?.- Part II: Supply and Demand.- Demand and Supply for Higher Education in Brazil. Clarissa E. B. Neves.- Supply and Demand Patterns in Russian Higher Education. Isak Froumin and Yarolslav Kuuzminov.- Higher Education, Social Demand and Social Equity in India. Kishore M. Joshi.- Demands and Responses in Chinese Higher Education. Yuzhuo Cai and Fengqiao Yan.-Supply and Demand in South Africa. Kirti Menon.-Part III: The Role of Stakeholders.- The Role of Internal and External Stakeholders in Brazilian Higher Education. Elizabeth Balbachevsky.- Russian System of Higher Education and its Stakeholders: Ten years on the way to congruence. Evgeny Kniazev and Drantusova Natalya.- Cost Sharing in China's Higher Education: Analyses of Major Stakeholders. Rui Yang.- The Role of Stakeholders in the Transformation of the South African Higher Education System. Peliwe Lolwana.- Part IV: Government Policy.- Higher Education policies in Brazil: A Case of Failure in Market Regulation. Maria H. M. Castro.- The Federal State, Regional Interests and the Reinvention of Russian Higher Education. Mark S. Johnson.- The Complex Web of Policy Choices: Dilemmas Facing Indian Higher Education Reform. Roopa D. Trilokekar and Sheila Embleton.- The Chinese Model of Development and the Higher Education Policy. Qiang Zha and Ruth Hayhoe.- State Power, Transition and New Modes of Coordination in Higher Education in South Africa. Michael Cross.- Part V: Research and Innovation.- Research and the 'Third mission" in Light of Global Events. Creso M. S?, Andrew Kretz and Kristjan Sigurdson.- Globalization and the Research Mission of Universities in Russia. Anna Smolentseva.- Research and Innovation in Indian Higher Education. Radhika Gorur and Fazal Rizvi.- Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in China: Transformations in University Curriculum and Research Capacity. Joshua K. H. Mok and Kan Yue .- Research and Innovation in South Africa. Pundy Pillay.- EPILOGUE: Higher Education in the BRICS: What Have We Learnt and Where Are We Heading? R?mulo Pinheiro, Simon Schwartzman and Pundy Pillay.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940179569X
• ISBN13: 9789401795692
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 493 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"