This volume surveys the field of comparative and international education (CIE) from several globally-representative perspectives, providing expert analyses on a range of recent trends and important concerns in the CIE community worldwide.

Preface;  Alexander W. WisemanIntroduction: Reflecting on Trends in Comparative and International Education: A Three-Year Examination of Research Publications; Petrina M. Davidson, Calley Stevens Taylor, Maureen Park, Nino Dzotsenidze and Alexander W. Wiseman  Part 1: Comparative Education Trends and Directions   1. Understanding Students’ Academic Engagement in Learning amid Globalising Universities; Yusuke Sakurai and Kirsi Pyhältö   2. Rethinking Higher Education Investment in Developing Countries; Chavanne Peercy and Nanette Svenson   3. Reflecting on the Research into China’s Soft Power in International Education with Comparative Perspective: The Case of Confucius Institutes; Joe Tin-yau Lo and Suyan Pan  4. Aid to Education: Framing Accountability Research and Its Prospects; Abby Riddell  5. Bridging the Policy/Practice Divide: A Focus on Policy Learning, Pedagogy, and Equality; Karen Ashton   6. Imperatives of Comparative and International Education: Some Reflections from the South; Poonam Batra  7. Adult Education under a Comparative Lens: Areas of Influence; John Holford, Marcella Milana and Palle Rasmussen 8. Comparative and International Education Research in China in the Context of Globalization: A Case Study of the Journal of International and Comparative Education Research; Wang Yingjie and Su Yang  9. Three Models of Comparative Analyses: Time, Space, and Education; Luis Enrique Aguilar  Part 2: Conceptual and Methodological Developments   10. Negotiating, Shifting, and Balancing: Research Identities in Transnational Research; Stacey Lee, Shuning Liu and Sejung Ham   11. Educational Regime Complexity: Nested Governance and Multistakeholderism in the Fourth Industrial Revolution; Tavis D. Jules  Part 3: Research-To-Practice   12. Schooling Inequality in South Africa: Productive Capacities and the Epistemological Divide; Patricia Kubow  13. Using or Misusing the EGRA? Examining a Measure O\of Payment by Results in DFID’s Girls’ Education Challenge; Shirley J. Miske and Alison B. Joglekar  Part 4: Area Studies and Regional Developments   14. Shifting Boundaries and Education Development Discourses: Implications for Comparative and International Education in Oceania; Juliana Mohok McLaughlin   15. International Student Recruitment Efforts of Turkish Universities: Rationales and Strategies; Enes Gök and Sedat Gümüş   16. Comparative Education in Romania: Seeds of Comparative Approaches in Debating Results of International Student Assessments; Roxana Maria Ghiaţău and Nicoleta Laura Popa  17. Context in Comparative and International Education Studies; Teklu Abate Bekele