ABSTRACT
There are three main reasons why the UK is establishing organizational brokers and developing the concept and practice of brokerage. The first is to help improve the capacity of higher education (HE) to innovate and to respond to the many changes society expects. A second reason for organized brokerage is to develop new forms of education that are consortium-based. A third reason is to improve the international competitiveness of UK HE in global educational markets. The chapter sets out to see whether the idea of brokerage is recognized and used in the higher education systems of the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It considers examples of brokering efforts generated by an assortment of major sponsors, including the federal government, state governments, accreditation agencies, professional associations, institutional consortia, and philanthropic organizations. The examples focus on strategies aimed at promoting improvements in teaching and learning through actions at national and institutional levels.
