Eugene P. Trani, Robert D. Holsworth

Indispensable University

Higher Education, Economic Development, and the Knowledge Economy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes the innovative transformation of institutions of higher education (HEIs) across the world in response to the emerging realities of the twenty-first century global knowledge-based economy. It also describes how HEIs are defining many of today's economic realities on a regional level.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781475809015
• ISBN-10: 1475809018
• Artikelnr.: 39407001

Autorenporträt

Eugene P. Trani, Robert D. Holsworth

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Basic Premise: Colleges and Universities Indispensable to
Economic and Community Development
Chapter 3 The New Role of Higher Education: Economic and Community
Development
Chapter 4 U.S Higher Education: The Emergence of Urban Universities
Chapter 5 U.S. Higher Education: The Reinvention of the Land-Grant
University
Chapter 6 U.S. Higher Education: Community College, A Uniquely American
Institution
Chapter 7 British and Irish Higher Education: Ancient but Thoroughly Modern
Chapter 8 Middle Eastern Higher Education: Two Oases in the Desert
Chapter 9 Higher Education in Developing Countries: The BRIC Nations
Chapter 10 Conclusions: Colleges and Universities Indispensable to Economic
and Community Development