University of the world : a case for a world university system /

University of the world : a case for a world university system /

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Author / Creator:Lenzen, Dieter, author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (v, 52 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Education, Higher -- Philosophy.
Education, Higher -- International cooperation.
Education, Higher -- International cooperation.
Education, Higher -- Philosophy.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11091381
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ISBN:9783319134550
3319134558
331913454X
9783319134543
9783319134543
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 27, 2015).
Summary: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.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783319134543
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-13455-0
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Three Ideas of the University in the Globalization Process
  • 2. The Dynamics of Global Social Systems
  • 3. Global Challenges in the Post-Secondary Sector as a Springboard for Comparing Systems
  • 4. On the Genesis of Three Distinct University Systems in the Post-Secondary Sector
  • 5. Convergence and Divergence: Current System Dynamics in the Post-Secondary Sector
  • 5.1. Theory of the University
  • 5.2. The Idea of Education
  • 5.3. University Admission.
  • 5.4. University Autonomy and Academic Freedom
  • 5.5. Differentiation in the Post-Secondary System
  • 5.6. University Funding
  • 5.7. Individual Dynamics of the Three Post-Secondary Systems
  • 6. Fair Chances in a World University System?
  • 7. Conclusion
  • 8. References.

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