Higher Education in Small Islands (EPUB) von Rosie Alexander

Pinpointing the intersecting concerns of higher education studies and island studies, this book interrogates the role of higher education development in addressing common small island concerns. It demonstrates how small island contexts disrupt normative discourses, understandings and practices in education policy, curricula and experiences.

Foreword: Some Random Reflections on Higher Education Institutions in Small Islands by Godfrey Baldacchino1. Introduction - Holly Henderson and Rosie AlexanderPart 1: Scale, Smallness and Higher Education Development2. Small but Complex: The Governance and Management of Public Higher Education Institutions – the Case of Malta - Colin Borg and Carmel Borg3. Underdeveloped, Frontier and Outermost: Small Island Universities in Indonesia - Agustian Sutrisno and Hitendra Pillay4. The Perceived Quality of Higher Education in Oceania: Autoethnographic Insights from the Regional University of the South Pacific - Sargam Goundar and Kim Andreas Kessler5. Island Higher Education and Youth Migration: Retention, Attraction or Rotation? - Rosie AlexanderPart 2: Global Contexts for Island Higher Education6. What Does Internationalization in Isolation Mean for Higher Education in Small Island States? - Daniela Craciun and Ariane de Gayardon7. Insularity and Internationalization: The Case of Mauritius - Shaheen Motala-Timol8. Glocalizing Higher Education and Decolonial Work in Oceania - David Taufui Mikato Fa‘avae and Jean M. Uasike Allen9. Conclusions - Rosie Alexander and Holly Henderson