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Tiêu đề
A global framework: Liberal education in the undergraduate curriculum
Tác giả
Peterson P.M.
Năm xuất bản
2012
Source title
Confronting Challenges to the Liberal Arts Curriculum: Perspectives of Developing and Transitional Countries
Số trích dẫn
3
DOI
10.4324/9780203127322-5
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Demand for higher education worldwide is growing exponentially. Much of the enrollment growth in recent years has come from developing and transitional countries. Historically, many students from these countries have been part of a global migration to developed countries for access to high-quality education. While this pattern continues to be a characteristic of international higher education, there are growing indications that sending nations wish to take more direct responsibility for educating future generations of their students. A current sign of economic and political maturation in developing nations is a strong desire to improve and expand their own education infrastructure to meet the burgeoning demand for access to higher education (Altbach & Peterson, 2007). The strategies to strengthen higher education vary by country, but a common imperative for the development of higher education is to align it with priorities for nation building and modernization. The case was made strongly by post-independence leaders in Africa, such as Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, who stated clearly that they wanted universities first and foremost to address the interests and priorities of their nations (Mwiria, 2003). Invariably, as part of the emphasis on the centrality of the state’s interests, there are high-level discussions about the need to build “world-class?? universities and to promote fields of study deemed essential for economic development (Altbach, 2006). Science, especially applied science, and technology fields receive paramount attention. Allied fields of business and management science, as well as applied economics, also receive special consideration. © 2012 Taylor & Francis.
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Nơi xuất bản
Taylor and Francis
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Book chapter
Open Access
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Scopus