{"product_id":"9789400749740","title":"The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eShin, Jung Cheol; Kehm, Barbara M.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving the academic debate on from its current focus on development to a more nuanced sociological perspective, this fresh research is a collaboration between academics in South Korea and Germany that assesses the factors shaping world-class universities as institutional social systems as well as national cultural treasures. The work explores in detail how WCUs have moved to a central position in policy circles, and how these often ambitious government policies on WCUs have been interpreted and adopted by university administrators and individual professors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors provide a wealth of empirical data on universities, both world-class and aiming for WCU status, in a range of polities and continents. They compare strategies for developing WCUs in countries of the East and the West, both developing and developed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNations featured in the statistical purview include nine countries (Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong SAR). The volume goes further than merely taking a snapshot of the current situation, offering detailed and considered strategies and rationales for institutionalizing and developing WCUs, particularly in Asian countries where Confucian cultural influences accord education the highest priority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-11-27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789400749740\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-007-4975-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 304\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45583493824652,"sku":"9789400749740","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789400749740.jpg?v=1775785701","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789400749740","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}