Globalization trends and innovations in the instructional technologies are widely believed to be creating new markets and forcing a revolution in higher education. Much of the rhetoric of "globalists" has presented a simplistic analysis of a paradigm shift in higher education markets and the way...

Die Finanzkrise hat in ihrer jüngsten Zuspitzung zu einer unverkennbaren Krise des Regierens geführt, zu einer Notstandspolitik in der Grauzone zwischen Wirtschaft und Politik: Die Regierungsgeschäfte haben Expertenkomitees, improvisierte Gremien und 'Troikas' übernommen, deren Legitimation...

Markets or market-like mechanisms are playing an increasing role in higher education, with visible consequences both for the regulation of higher education systems as a whole, as well as for the governance mechanisms of individual institutions. This article traces the history of...