Education policies in the 21st century [electronic resource] : comparative perspectives / Edited by Birol Akgün, Yusuf Alpaydın.

Part I: Political Actors and Education Policy 1. Transformation of the Nation-States and Education 2. When Models Become Monopolies: The Making of Education Policy at The World Bank 3. Comparing Educational Reforms in Turkey and Brazil Through Prospects for the 21st Century Part II: New Political Economy and Education 4. So Equal Yet So Different: Comparison of Accountability Policies in the Global Education Reform Movement: The Case of the United Kingdom and Spain 5. Improving the Transition from Higher Education to Employment: A Review of Current Policies 6. General Education Versus Vocational Education: Vocational Education and Its Future Part III: Internationalization in Education 7. International Schools in The Context of Cultural Diplomacy: Actors and New Approaches 8. New Trends in International Education: Impact of COVID-19 and Digitalization on Higher Education and Student Mobility 9. International Schools and Educational Programs: A Critical Analysis from a Cultural Perspective 10. Exploring International Joint and Dual Degree Programs and Transnational Higher Education: Ideas and Possibilities during COVID-19 11. The International Transfer of Education Models: Crafting the Neoliberal Citizen through Regionalization and Re-westernization in Trinidad and Tobago.

This open access book explores the agenda of education policies in the 21st century. In the first part of the book, education is handled from a historical and political framework, and the effects of the change of states and policies on education are examined. In the second part, the effects of changes in the economy on education policies and economies' demands from educational institutions are examined. In the last section, current policies in the international education sector, which is growing day by day as a result of increasing globalization and internationalization, are examined and future trends are tried to be revealed. In articles written by academics from different universities all over the world, the topics are presented in a comparative perspective.