Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research vi
3. Contents vii
4. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. I. Storm Clouds for American Higher Education?
7. 1. Is the United States Losing Its Preeminence in Higher Education? 33
8. 2. To Be or Not to Be 69
9. II. Universities as Firms in a Global Market
10. 3. Coming to America 101
11. 4. The Economics of University Science and the Role of Foreign Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars 129
12. 5. Universities as Firms 163
13. III. Emulation and Competition Abroad
14. 6. The Structure of European Higher Education in the Wake of the Bologna Reforms 205
15. 7. The Americanization of European Higher Education and Research 231
16. 8. Higher Education in China 269
17. 9. Indian Higher Education 305
18. 10. From Brain Drain to Brain Competition 335
19. IV. Looking Ahead
20. 11. What Does Global Expansion of Higher Education Mean for the United States? 372
21. Contributors 405
22. Author Index 407
23. Subject Index 411