Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education

Global Perspectives

• Author(s): Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, Laura E. Rumbley,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 264
• ISBN_10: 113746125X
  ISBN_13: 9781137461254
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Schools / Levels / Higher , Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General , Education / Administration / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects , Education / Adult & Continuing Education , Political Science / Public Policy / General , Education / General , Social Science / General ,

Description:... Academic inbreeding - appointing one's own graduates for academic positions - is a controversial but surprisingly common practice internationally. This book is the first comparative analysis of the phenomenon - the causes, implications, and future of inbreeding.