The Role of the University [microform] : A Global Perspective / Torsten Husen, Ed
- Bib ID:
- 5597169
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- United Nations Univ., Tokyo (Japan)
- Online Version:
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994
- 235 p.
- Summary:
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This collection of 12 essays is drawn from a May 1990 panel meeting in Paris, France in conjunction with a joint United Nations University/United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization project on "The Changing Role of the Universities." Papers are grouped into those on: the general role of the university, regional conceptions of the university, the economics of higher education, and strategies of learning. Essays include: (1) "The Idea of the University: Changing Roles, Current Crisis and Future Challenges" (Torsten Husen); (2) "Evolution of Universities" (Yash Pal); (3) "Universities in the Post-Industrial Society" (Edward W. Ploman); (4) "The Role of the University in Asia in the 21st Century" (Ungku A. Aziz); (5) "Higher Education in Africa" (T. L. Maliyamkono); (6)"Education for All in Latin America in the 21st Century and the Challenges of External Indebtedness" (Fernando Reimers); (7) "The State Socialist Model of Higher Education: An Assessment" (Pal Tamas); (8) "Higher Education in Western Europe" (Wolfgang Mitter); (9) "Economics of Higher Education" (Mark Blaug); (10) "Global Learning" (Edward W. Ploman); (11) "Distance Education" (Jean-Marc Pottiez); and (12) "Using the Media" (Naomi E. Sargant). A discussion by Edward W. Ploman on provides concluding observations about the Paris meeting. (Some papers contain references.) (MSE)
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Access to Education
- Change Strategies
- College Instruction
- College Role
- Developed Nations
- Developing Nations
- Distance Education
- Educational Attitudes
- Educational Change
- Educational Economics
- Educational Methods
- Educational Trends
- Equal Education
- Foreign Countries
- Futures (of Society)
- Higher Education
- Information Technology
- International Studies
- Political Influences
- Politics of Education
- Socialism
- Trend Analysis
- Universities
- Africa Asia Europe (West) Latin America
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- ERIC
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- Published
- Publication date:
- 1994
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