{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The World of Higher Education","title":"2.13: Global Academic Excellence Initiatives","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ad134b7e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1676,"description":"Today's guest is Philip Altbach. Phil is Professor Emeritus at Boston College, the former Founding Director of that university's internationally-renowned Centre for International Higher Education, and author of countless books and articles on HE. The new book \"Academic Star Wars: Excellence Initiatives in Global Perspective\", which consists of a series of nine national case studies edited by Philip Altbach, Maria Yudkevich, Jamil Salmi is available here:Academic Star Wars: Excellence Initiatives in Global PerspectiveOpen Access Link","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/szE5_mOUPtJs5cholvHC7w1KZlZfRnimUyhRfynZLBk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMDlj/M2IzZDMxMDE0MzRk/ZDMwNmY1ZDU3ZTZk/ZTQwMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}