In this course, we will be engaged in the comparative study of higher education systems and traditions. We will investigate various higher education environments and systems. An attempt will be made to look at these educational environments as sites of struggle and possibility. In this regard, we will be identifying and describing multiple global educational issues that have impacted higher education and have relevance to our conceptualization of these environments as sites of struggle and possibilities. This will call for the exploration of some of the economic, social, and even the geo-political developments of higher education in developed and developing societies.
Further, the comparative analysis will seek to position student personnel administrators as educators and investigate their role in the continuing development of higher education. These investigations will be done by employing historical, sociological, philosophical, political, anthropological, economic and legal analysis of the literature and engaging in conversations as a community of learners to deepen our understanding of the issues, create, and share knowledge of the issues.