The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World

by Ben Wildavsky

Book Overview

In The Great Brain Race , former U.S. News & World Report 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691146896
• ISBN13: 9780691146898
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"