Transforming Higher Education
Views from Leaders Around the World
Greenwood Press
Published on 1. January 1997
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-89774-891-9 (ISBN)
Description
It is important for those who will lead higher education into the next century to understand the forces currently transforming universities worldwide. In Transforming Higher Education, many of these influences are identified by contributors from around thew world, including demands for greater access to higher education, funding problems, the conflicting requirements of various constituencies, and the pressure to contribute to a country's economic and social development. The various forms of leadership currently in place at higher education institutions around the world are described, as well as the tasks that all higher education leaders share.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-89774-891-9 (9780897748919)
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Persons
MADELEINE F. GREEN is vice president for international initiatives and director of the Center for Leadership Development, American Council on Education, Washington, DC. /e