The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World (The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education)
By Ben Wildavsky.
Description
In The Great Brain Race, former U.S. News & World Report education editor Ben Wildavsky presents the first popular account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education--and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared. Every year, nearly three million international students study outside of their home countries, a 40 percent increase since 1999. Newly created or expanded universities in China, India, and Saudi Arabia are competing with the likes of Harvard and Oxford for faculty, students, and research preeminence. Satellit...
ISBN(s)
0691146896, 9780691146898
