University of the World: A Case for a World University System

by Dieter Lenzen (Author)

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  Paperback
  2015

  $28.61

  In this book, Dieter Lenzen analyzes the world's three major educational systems: the Continental-European, the Atlantic (Anglo-American) and the East Asian. Distancing himself from the current trend towards the economically driven Anglo-American system of education, the author proposes an alternative model, a university of the world .

  Contents:

  * Three concepts of the university in the globalization process

  * The dynamics of global social systems

  * Global challenges in the post-secondary educational sector as springboard for comparing systems

  * Convergence and divergence: current system dynamics in the post-secondary sector

  * Can there be fair chances in a world university system?

  * Conclusion

  Target readers:

  * Theorists of higher education

  * Policy makers of higher education

  * Administrators of higher education

  * Social scientists

  The author:

  Professor Dr. Dieter Lenzen is the president of Universitat Hamburg, vice president of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) in Germany and the German universities' spokesperson for the HRK.