{"product_id":"the-great-brain-race-how-global-universities-are-reshaping-the-world-9780691154558","title":"The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow global competition for the brightest minds is changing higher education\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Great Brain Race\u003c\/i\u003e, former\u003ci\u003e U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003c\/i\u003e 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. Satellite campuses of Western universities are springing up from Abu Dhabi and Singapore to South Africa. Wildavsky shows that as international universities strive to become world-class, the new global education marketplace is providing more opportunities to more people than ever before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on extensive reporting in China, India, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, Wildavsky chronicles the unprecedented international mobility of students and faculty, the rapid spread of branch campuses, the growth of for-profit universities, and the remarkable international expansion of college rankings. Some university and government officials see the rise of worldwide academic competition as a threat, going so far as to limit student mobility or thwart cross-border university expansion. But Wildavsky argues that this scholarly marketplace is creating a new global meritocracy, one in which the spread of knowledge benefits everyone--both educationally and economically. In a new preface, Wildavsky discusses some of the notable developments in global higher education since the book was first published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Wildavsky\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior scholar in research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was education editor of \u003ci\u003eU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003c\/i\u003e, economic policy correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eNational Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, higher education reporter for the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and executive editor of the \u003ci\u003ePublic Interest\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e (among other publications) and is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eReinventing Higher Education: The Promise of Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e. He has lectured widely in the United States and abroad.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460727116050,"sku":"9780691154558","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0f616869-d832-4be0-b28c-60370a1eae6e.jpg?v=1730046491","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-brain-race-how-global-universities-are-reshaping-the-world-9780691154558","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}