ABSTRACT
Higher education is in transition in many countries of the world. The approaches of the governments have changed considerably during the last few decades. How are the BRIC countries – Brazil, Russia, India and China, the four largest low- and middle-income developing economies, which are attracting wide attention of many all over the world – developing as well as developed as emerging economic powerhouses, doing and how the higher education system is being shaped in these countries? There are several common features in the policies adopted by the BRIC countries. However, there are also considerable differences in the approaches the governments have adopted for expansion of higher education. The approaches are strongly influenced by the initial conditions, the social and economic histories, political character of the State and a variety of factors. In the overall context of rapid global changes, the chapter reviews the trends in the BRIC countries.
