An overview of regional perspectives on the role of higher education in social and human development

In Part I this report studied selected global issues on higher education’s role in social and human development. This overview is a synthesis of the regional perspectives on higher education’s role for human and social development based on the contribution of the authors in four key areas – one of w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Sanyal, Bikas C, López Segrera, Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/8116
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099/8116
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Education, Higher
Ensenyament universitari
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari
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Sumario:In Part I this report studied selected global issues on higher education’s role in social and human development. This overview is a synthesis of the regional perspectives on higher education’s role for human and social development based on the contribution of the authors in four key areas – one of which is the state of higher education in each region since the World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE) held in 1998, the other is possible future roles, strategies and actions of higher education in order to foster social and human development – for the regions classified as: Sub-Saharan Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, North America (USAand Canada) and Latin America and the Caribbean.