Intercultural Studies in Higher Education

Ana Maria de Albuquerque Moreira is Professor at the Department of Planning and Educational Management at the University of Brasilia, Brazil. Jean-Jacques Paul is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Bourgogne, France. He has also worked as a consultant on the evaluation of higher education in Europe and in developing countries.  Nigel Bagnall is Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published on education and belonging, global identity, the International Baccalaureate and international schools.

• Chapter 1. The contribution of comparative studies and cross-cultural approach to understand higher education in the contemporary world; Ana Maria de Albuquerque Moreira, Jean-Jacques Paul, Nigel Bagnall.- Chapter 2. Brazil, Russia and Turkey: How new democracies deal with international models of higher education; Maria Ligia Barbosa, Elisaveta Bydanova and Jean-Jacques Paul.- Chapter 3. Interaction system of global education and the national system of education: the social tension zone; Svetlana Sharonova, Natalia Erokhova, Maria Angélica Oliva and Márcia Lopes Reis.- Chapter 4. Internationalisation: A global phenomenon with regional differences. Perspectives of young universities in Austria, Chile and Peru; Ligia Pasqualin, Christian Friedl, Ulrike Pölzl-Hobusch and Rupert Beinhauer.- Chapter 5. An international comparative perspective on higher education institutions' governance and management: Portugal, Finland and Brazil; Sara Diogo, Milka Barbosa and Teresa Carvalho.- Chapter 6. Access to higher education in Portugal, Brazil and Mexico: tensions and challenges for a democratization with quality; João Ferreira de Oliveira, Belmiro Gil Cabrito, Armando Alcântara Santuário.- Chapter 7. Predictors of vulnerability in Latin American higher education; Joaquín Gairín, Diego Castro and Aleix Barrera-Corominas.- Chapter 8. Higher Education expansion in the Portuguese-speaking countries: the case of Angola, Cape Vert and Portugal; Luisa Cerdeira, Belmiro Cabrito, Tomás Patrocinio, Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Rui Brites, Arnaldo Brito, Neusa Barbosa Vicente, Ndilu Mankenda Nkula, Alfredo Buza.- Chapter 9. Globally transformative student experiences: Challenges and opportunities in learning and teaching in the transnational business education program; Nattavud Pimpa, Margaret Heffernen, Jason Downs.- Chapter 10. Higher education assessment in Brazil, the United States of America and the Netherlands: enhancing of quality or regulation instrument?; Catarina deAlmeida Santos, Danielle Xabregas Pamplona Nogueira, Girlene Ribeiro de Jesus.- Chapter 11. A comparative study of the federal higher education student financial aid systems in Brazil, Australia and the UK; Paulo Meyer Nascimento, Manoela Vilela Araújo Resende.- Chapter 12. Higher educated women's labor market outcome indicators: A comparative analysis of six Muslim countries.

“The volume makes a valuable contribution to research on higher education and internationalization … . the volume is conducive to further development of global higher education by reflecting on existing higher education policies and practices and worth recommending to students and scholars of higher education around the world as well as researchers in the field of international education.” (Renzhong Peng and Rongrong Fu, Higher Education, Vol. 81, 2021)