Overview
Describes the concept of the "University of the World"
Gives an overview of the three systems of Higher Education worldwide
Analyses the requirements for the future "University of the World"
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In this book, Dieter Lenzen analyzes the world's three major educational systems: the Continental-European, the Atlantic (Anglo-American) and the East Asian. Distancing himself from the current trend towards the economically driven Anglo-American system of education, the author proposes an alternative model, "a university of the world".
Contents:
·        Three concepts of the university in the globalization process
·        The dynamics of global social systems
·        Global challenges in the post-secondary educational sector as springboard for comparing systems
·        Convergence and divergence: current system dynamics in the post-secondary sector
·        Can there be fair chances in a world university system?
·        Conclusion
Target readers:
·        Theorists of higher education
·        Policy makers of higher education·        Administrators of higher education
·        Social scientists
The author:
Professor Dr. Dieter Lenzen is the president of Universität Hamburg, vice president of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) in Germany and the German universities' spokesperson for the HRK.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: University of the World
Book Subtitle: A Case for a World University System
Authors: Dieter Lenzen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13455-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-13454-3Published: 27 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-13455-0Published: 18 January 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 52
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Higher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, International and Comparative Education, Education, general