The increasing connection among higher education institutions worldwide is well documented.
What is less understood is how this connectivity is enacted and manifested on specific levels
of the global education network. This book details the planning process of a
multi-institutional program in engineering between institutions in the US and Singapore as they
develop a new model of collaboration. Contrary to what neoliberal or center-to-periphery
narratives of globalization might lead us to expect strong national and local governments
culture and social relationships all play determining roles in the negotiations and resulting
form of collaboration between these higher education institutions. Shifting Tides in Global
Higher Education illuminates the value of examining particular places incorporating diverse
local experience into the narrative of global networks.
