TY - JOUR AU - Altbach, Philip G AU - Bassett, Roberta Malee PY - 2014/09/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Nix the BRICs—At Least for the Higher Education Debate JF - International Higher Education JA - IHE VL - 0 IS - 77 SE - International DO - 10.6017/ihe.2014.77.5671 UR - https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/5671 SP - 2-5 AB - <p>Comparing the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—in terms of higher education does not make good sense. The only thing in common is that they are large academic systems. However, they quite different in terms of history, economic realities, patterns of coordination and governance, and other factors. This article argues that it is not useful to place the BRIC countries in any kind of common framework for comparison.</p> ER -