This volume explores the interrelationship between ideology the state and higher education
reforms setting it in a global context. It examines some of the major higher education reforms
and policy issues in a global culture particularly in the light of recent shifts in quality
and standards-driven education and policy research. In doing so the book provides a
comprehensive picture of the intersecting and diverse discourses of globalisation and
policy-driven reforms in higher education. Representing scholarly research on major discourses
in the field of higher education reforms the book draws upon recent studies in the areas of
globalisation equality and the role of the state in higher education reforms. It critiques
the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current higher education and policy reforms and
illustrates the way that shifts in the relationship between the state and higher education
policy affect current trends in higher education reforms. Individual chapters critically assess
the dominant discourses and debates on higher education and policy reforms. Using diverse
comparative education paradigms from critical theory to historical-comparative research the
chapters focus on globalisation ideology and higher education reforms and examine both the
reasons and outcomes of higher education reforms and policy change. Anyone who has been
involved in higher education over the past few decades cannot fail to be affected by the impact
of globalisation and neo-liberal policies on universities and society at large. In
'Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms' the 15th volume of the series 'Globalisation
Comparative Education and Policy Research' Joseph Zajda and Val Rust present chapters on
education reform in the USA and in international contexts that highlight the inroads that
neo-liberalism has made into policy making at higher education institutions. The chapters also
illustrate the way universities have been reinventing themselves to meet the demands of a
knowledge society in which corporate values of efficiency performance and managerialism drive
the agenda. What are the effects of internationalisation on higher education in the
universities of today? With chapters from internationally respected scholars from around the
globe this book seeks to address the many issues of the new reality in higher education. This
is a welcome accessible volume for all those concerned with research policy-making and
curriculum development.Professor Suzanne Majhanovich Western University
