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The Tertiary Education Imperative

Knowledge, Skills and Values for Development

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  1. Jamil Salmi
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  • This book is the first one to consider in a comprehensive way the contribution of tertiary education to the Sustainable Development Goals.
  • A unique contribution of this book is to translate twenty-five years of policy work on tertiary education transformation into advice on how to successfully design and implement audacious reforms.
  • Informed by the author’s experience in more than 90 countries, this book offers a unique perspective on the challenges faced by tertiary education systems in the twenty-first century and the opportunities developing countries can seize.

Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Higher Education (GPHE)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Changing Context

    • Jamil Salmi
    Pages 1-30

  3. The Contribution of Tertiary Education

    • Jamil Salmi
    Pages 31-69

  5. Ensuring Financial Sustainability

    • Jamil Salmi
    Pages 119-162

  6. Role of the Donors

    • Jamil Salmi
    Pages 163-170

  7. Conclusion

    • Jamil Salmi
    Pages 171-173

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 175-203
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About this book

The world of tertiary education has changed significantly in the past fifteen years. Developing countries have seen tremendous enrollment growth, especially in the private sector. Many nations are facing an exponentially rising demand as more young people graduate from high school as a result of the successful implementation of the Education for All agenda. The launch of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations in September 2015 has given renewed consideration to the importance of education for development and the urgency of putting in place viable financing strategies. Against this background this book explores the crucial role played by tertiary education towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It observes that tertiary education finds itself at a crossroad today, as national systems are pulled in several directions by a combination of factors—crisis factors, rupture factors, and stimulation factors—bringing about both opportunities and challenges. How these forces in the tertiary education ecosystem play out in each country will determine the new “perils” and “promises” that are likely to shape the contribution of tertiary education to economic and social development in the years to come.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Tertiary Education Imperative

  • Book Subtitle: Knowledge, Skills and Values for Development

  • Authors: Jamil Salmi

  • Series Title: Global Perspectives on Higher Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-128-5

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6351-128-5Published: 12 September 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CCIV, 14

  • Topics: Education, general

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