International Organizations and Higher Education Policy Thinking Globally, Acting Locally?

Section 1: Introduction: The history and influence of multinational/regional organizations and regimes (all terms will be explained and defined) on higher education

Section 2: Multilateral Organizations/Regimes:

Chapter 1: UNESCO: Worldwide and regional scopes

(Potential author: Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, UNESCO)

Chapter 2: UNESCO: A critical revision on its influence in higher education (potential author Alma Maldonado-Maldonado, Univ. of Arizona)

Chapter 3: OECD: Programmes, Centres, and other bodies investigating issues related to higher education

(potential author Stephan Vincent-Lancrin, OECD)

Chapter 4: OECD: Mechanisms of influence and critical analysis of its impact in higher education

(Potential author: Miriam Henry, Queensland University of Technology, Red Hill, Australia)

Chapter 5: The World Bank: Its role in higher education since 1944

(Likely authors: Jamil Salmi & Rick Hopper, The World Bank)

Chapter 6 The World Bank and its higher education initiatives: A critical view

(Potential author: Joel Samoff, Stanford University)

Chapter 7: The WTO: Higher education possibilities

(Potential author: Jane Knight, OISE, Toronto)

Chapter 8: The GATS: Current debate and situation

(Likely author: Roberta Malee Bassett)

Chapter 9: International organizations and bilateral aid: National interests and transnational agendas (Likely authors: Brendan Cantwell and Alma Maldonado-Maldonado, University of Arizona,)

Section 3: Regional Actors:

Chapter 10: Asia/Oceana

(Potential author: Simon Marginson, University of Melbourne)

Chapter 11: Europe

(Potential author: Pedro Lourtie, Instituto Superior—Lisbon)

Chapter 12: Latin America

(Potential author: Carmen García-Guadilla, Center for Development Studies, Central University of Venezuela)

Chapter 13: Africa

(Likely author: Damtew Teferra, The Ford Foundation and The Journal of Higher Education in Africa)

Chapter 14: Inter-American/Asian/African Development Bank

(Potential author: Suganya Hutaserani, Asian Development Bank)

Chapter 15: Regional Banks in the shadow of the World Bank: A critical examination

Chapter 16: Regional initiatives: Balancing local priorities or legitimizing global influences?

Section 4: Internationally/Regionally Active Foundations:

Chapter 17: Foundations sponsoring higher education initiatives and individuals

(Potential author, Daniel Levy, SUNY Albany)

Chapter 18: Altruism, interventionism or cooperation? Analytical discussion on Foundations supporting higher education

Section 5: Conclusions: Between the NGO’s, international organizations and corporations, where are the Nation-States?

Biography

Roberta Malee Bassett is currently serving as a higher education specialist with the World Bank, in Washington, DC.

Alma Maldonado-Maldonado is assistant professor at the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona.

"The editors of this volume have given the international higher education community a valuable resource as we enter the second decade of the 21st century. This book has the potential to serve as a tool for nation states, regional consortiums, and international organizations as they consider their roles in the regulation, direction, and funding of higher education. I highly recommend it as a text in graduate-level courses in higher education and international education and could make the case that international organizations use the book as a resource to better navigate the sometimes difficult landscape of working with and understanding higher education on the national, regional, and global levels."--The Review of Higher Education, Volume 33, Number 4, Summer 2010, pp. 604-606