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Comments on seven "propositions" about the future of higher education made by Howard Bowen in 1989, including observations about the capacity to predict change, the value ascribed to higher education by the public, chara...
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This volume looks at the future of American higher education in 13 essays most of which were originally speeches to gatherings around the United States and the globe. The first series of essays in Part I looks at possibl...
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Observes that higher education is increasingly internationalized, whereas nation states increasingly seek to use higher education institutions for national purposes. Identifies eras in which the interests of nations and ...
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The historical path that led to the American system of institutional diversity in higher education is examined, and its positive (e.g., institutional autonomy, flexibility) and negative (e.g., possible over-responsivenes...
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This article reviews major trends in higher education of the twentieth century, noting they have often been beyond the direct control of higher education. He offers seven possible scenarios for the 1990s including restor...
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An agenda for the future of higher education that is especially appropriate for state- and institutional-level action is presented. One initiative that is important to the future of the country that can also be promoted ...
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The author supports theories of the relationship between school and work expressed in Torsten Husen's book, "The School in Question." The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the education-work relation...
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In this long-range look at higher education, it is predicted that short-range problems will be the challenge. Enrollment predictions, along with such other issues as quality of education, balance in higher education, int...
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The author describes five models of educational systems: elitist; occupational; open-access; horizontal; and atomistic, or informal. He then describes the type of society into which each system would fit best, using exam...
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Some of the reasons for the comparative decline of the elite sector are analyzed, including (1) the historical transition from elite to mass access to universal higher education, (2) the politicization of higher educatio...
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Advancement of human capability is heavily related to expenditures on health education, research and development. (Author)...