Higher education system. Academic organization from a cross-national perspective

The book of the outstanding American teacher and researcher of the Higher Education System Burton Clark is devoted to the consideration of issues of organization and management of higher education. It highlights the main elements of the higher education system and the differences between the relevant systems of different countries are shown. The author answers five basic questions. How is the work of higher education systems organized? How do they maintain stable representations? How is authority distributed? How is the integration of such systems ensured? How are changes in them?
The book is of interest to teachers and leadership of universities, researchers of higher education, as well as those who are responsible for the development and implementation of educational policy.
2nd edition