Higher Education and International Student Mobility in the Global Knowledge Economy

Former president of the Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Turkey and a retired professor of chemical engineering at the Middle East Technical University, Guruz explores how the international mobility of students, scholars, programs, and institutions of higher education has evolved over time, and the ways in which it is occurring in today's global knowledge economy. He covers the global knowledge economy and higher education, enrollment and increasing demand, the rise of market forces, new providers of higher education, globalization and the internationalization of higher education, and international student mobility. No date is noted for the first edition, but this second incorporates data and literature up to April 2009. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kemal Guruz is Former President of the Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Turkey and retired Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Middle East Technical University. In 2006, he was the first recipient of the Chancellor John W. Ryan Fellowship in International Education at the State University of New York.