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A 4.2-1 Changing university missions and profiling in the United States: some lessons learned in the New World
   
Name A 4.2-1 Changing university missions and profiling in the United States: some lessons learned in the New World
Description Author: James J. Duderstadt

The emergence of a global, knowledge-driven economy presents higher education with several significant challenges, including balancing the needs for broadening educational opportunity with the achievement of world-class excellence in research, maintaining adequate support for higher education as ageing populations shift priorities for tax revenues, and resolving the conflict between the demands for greater public accountability and the need for greater institutional agility. The efforts of the United States in addressing such conflicting objectives by encouraging a highly diverse system of institutions with strong differentiation among mission and profiles provides both valuable experience and cautionary lessons for tertiary education in Europe.

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Created On: 03/13/2009 14:42
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